Ep 262 - GoodSam Update with Mark Wilson at LTC 2024

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.