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Ep 262 - GoodSam Update with Mark Wilson at LTC 2024


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In this episode, Iain Beardsell and Natalie May speak with neurosurgeon Mark Wilson at the London Trauma Conference. Mark provides an in-depth look at the evolution of the GoodSAM app over the past decade. Initially designed to alert off-duty trained individuals to assist in emergencies, particularly for cardiac arrests and impact brain apnoea, the app has grown to include applications in police services, public health during COVID-19, and community volunteer efforts.
 
It employs advanced technology, such as real-time video guidance and AI, to offer immediate assistance and improve outcomes in medical emergencies and other crises.
 
Mark's insights shed light on how this innovative platform is saving lives and transforming emergency and public response systems worldwide.
 
00:00 Introduction and Reunion
 
00:47 The GoodSAM App: A Decade of Evolution
 
01:52 GoodSAM's Impact on Cardiac Arrests
 
02:09 Expanding GoodSAM: Police and Community Involvement
 
02:35 How GoodSAM Works
 
05:54 GoodSAM's Role During COVID-19
 
13:42 The Future of GoodSAM: AI and Community Support
 
15:04 How to Get Involved with GoodSAM
 
16:26 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
The Guest

Mark is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Pre-Hospital Care Specialist working at both Imperial College (mainly St Mary's Major Trauma Centre) and as an Air Ambulance doctor. 

He am a Clinical Professor specialising in Brain Injury at Imperial and Honorary Professor of Pre-Hospital Care (the Gibson Chair) at the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. 

His specialist areas are acute brain injury (mostly traumatic brain injury) and its very early management. He is co-director of the Imperial Neurotrauma Centre and am co-founder of GoodSAM, a revolutionary platform that alerts doctors, nurses, paramedic and those trained in basic life support to emergencies around them. 

Mark have worked extensively overseas (India, Nepal, South Africa, as a GP in Australia, Researcher for NASA and as an expedition doctor on Arctic and Everest expeditions). He also wrote The Medics Guide to Work and Electives Around the World. His research is mainly into the brain in trauma and in hypoxia (using it as an injury model) in humans.

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