AI for CPR? Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Common in Contact Sport Deaths

Physician's Weekly Podcast

Adam Landman, MD (Mass General Brigham), answers the question of whether voice assistants like Siri or Alexa can help bystanders perform CPR when needed. His recently published study found that the directions provided by these AI voice assistants are inconsistent and lack relevance, often directing people to inappropriate information. But he has some solutions. Also, Ann McKee, MD (Boston University), discusses her study of 152 brains from contact sport players who died before reaching age 30, which found chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) among more than 40%. The findings confirm that CTE can occur even in young people, but more work is needed to determine how CTE relates to clinical symptoms.

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Additional reading

Murk W, Goralnick E, Brownstein JS, Landman AB. Quality of Layperson CPR Instructions From Artificial Intelligence Voice Assistants. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2331205. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31205.

McKee AC, et al. Neuropathologic and Clinical Findings in Young Contact Sport Athletes Exposed to Repetitive Head Impacts. JAMA Neurol. 2023 Aug 28:e232907. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2023.2907.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/how-football-raises-risk-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy

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