In a message dated 4/24/2002 9:55:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, knapph_at_maine.rr.com writes: > One thing to think about is the purpose of the ES. Will this system be one > to give the probability of having hypothermia given a set of conditions, > will it be one to determine whether a person has hypothermia and suggest the > proper treatment, or something else? > My original posting for this thread did say that this was an academic exercise -- was worried and checked it -- and, in fact, we are, in fact, using ExSys as our program. We have a rule-based system which we see as a diagnostic assist to back up a First Responder or EMT when encountering a hypothermia victim. We had a few glitches in it, but we think it's going to work. We brief it for the class (and the Prof, Steve Knode), in 8+45, so I really hope it works: I mention Steve by name because my guess is that Knapp knows who he is.) Setting this up is more work than we'd thought. We decomposed a JAMA hypothermia protocol --- which turns out to be a German protocol, too! --- and drew up a decision tree. Then we loaded it, using a total of ten rules. If it works and if there are no objections from my teammates, I'll try to figure out how to make it available for PaddleWisers --- with a note that this is only a drill, and not implied to be medically usable. We see the *real* ES to be easily handled by a rugged PDA --- waterproofed or bagged --- and could serve as a checklist or diagnostic director for wilderness responders to a hypothermia case. Many thanks for the responses on this. I've got some personal interests in hypothermia prevention and diagnosis, and would like to see a more *expert* expert system developed. Appreciate all the ideas. Jack Martin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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