Computers will soon be advising Russian paramedics on how to cope with
overdose victims. The software draws on experts’ diagnostic procedures to prompt
checks on up to to 60 physiological signs. These include breathing rate, pupil
dilation and heart rate. From this it deduces the drug the victim is most likely
to have taken and recommends treatment, without having to wait for a doctor. The
program was developed at the Russian Academy of Sciences and Filatov Children’s
Hospital in Moscow.
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