73 - Seadragon

What happens when a patient far from surgical care – say, at the bottom of the Pacific ocean on a submarine, or at a research base in Antarctica in the middle of the winter – develops a surgical abdomen? This dilemma was the impetus to build the first truly effective clinical decision support system – and to grapple with what it means when a computer can make better medical decisions than a doctor. In this episode, part one of three, we discuss the dramatic stories of appendectomies at Novolazarevskaya and aboard the submarine Seadragon. Also, there's a brand new about the origin of the word "scut."

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73 - Seadragon is an episode from Bedside Rounds by Adam Rodman.

This episode is 27:57 long.

This episode was published on Jun 26, 2023.

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