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Post by Wai-Ling Lo on Jan 31, 2021 18:54:02 GMT -5
We have airplane autopilot and self-driving cars; I'm not surprised that we will have automated robot delivering anesthesia. However, human supervision is still needed. Therefore, like everyone has mentioned, the key is that we are involved in the development of policy and automated systems. We should be properly trained how to use these automated devices and manage system failure. Moreover, we need to keep our clinical knowledge and skills in order to roll back to manual operation when the system fails.
Safety measures are 2 folds, both operators and systems can cause errors. Therefore, in order to ensure safety, both the operators (anesthesia providers) need to be well trained and updated constantly and systems need to be well designed with constant upgrade.
Note: there is another article in Anesthesiology September 2020, Vol. 133, 653–665, talking about "Autopilots in the Operating Room: Safe Use of Automated Medical Technology". if anyone is interested in this topic.
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Post by aileenm4 on Jan 31, 2021 19:40:53 GMT -5
1, I agree with many others that getting involved with robot development, monitor development, communication tools and eduaction, and our ability to also "supervise" robots etc.
2. there needs to be a human touch to an anesthetic and human input for the "emergencies that can occur at any moment" even witht the smallest of surgeries. However, with he population getting older, more complex health issues and bigger and complex surgeries, there must be other things monitored or communicated continuously by humans working woth AI
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Post by jessica switzman on Feb 1, 2021 17:45:00 GMT -5
I believe the possibility of closed loop Robots will be implemented for surgical procedures with supervision but this is light years away. AI cannot compete with human touch, empathy and the ART a CRNA has when performing an anesthetic.
Regarding safety, I imagine smaller, out pt cases; possibly endoscopies; always with a skilled provider as back up
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