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ER PHYSICIANS LAUNCH THE FIRST ON-LINE HOME-EMERGENCY SIMULATOR
PHYSICIANS TEACH PARENTS HOW TO SAVE A CHOKING BABY WITH ANIMATED WEB
FEATURE MDchoice.com
Launches First Online Medical Emergency Simulator
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., February, 2000 - In the United States alone,
one out of five children are at risk of choking, according to the Medical
Tribune News Service. In the age of the Internet, parents and caretakers
can now turn to their computer screen to better prepare themselves for
such an emergency. MDchoice.comTM has designed a visually compelling,
interactive "choking infant" simulator as the first in a series of home
emergency scenarios to help people learn to respond to life-threatening
situations.
Designed by leading emergency
medicine physicians who deal with life-threatening emergencies every day,
the step-by-step simulator teaches by first showing parents what to do,
then offering a self-administered interactive test to evaluate how well
they have learned the techniques shown.
"As the Internet is revolutionizing
our lives and giving us access to important information, the MDchoice
Infant Choking simulator is especially exciting because it offers life-saving
information," said Ash Nashed, M.D., CEO of MDchoice.com
and practicing ER physician. "Our studies show that people learn quite
well through interactive computer use. In our time-constrained society,
this is an ideal first step toward making emergency first-aid techniques
available to many people."
Simulator viewers work at their
own pace learning the best actions to save the baby's life. This self-paced
learning approach, coupled with a "trial and error" period that tests
acquired knowledge, affords the viewers a better chance of recalling information
from their MDchoice simulator experience in the event of an actual emergency,
added Dr. Nashed, who writes extensively on emergency medicine topics.
The infant choking simulator will be one of many simulators that will
be developed on MDChoice.com to help its users learn how to deal with
at-home health emergencies. Future simulators will include lessons in
adult and child CPR.
MDchoice.com is the gateway
to the most trustworthy online medical resources for professionals and
consumers. Using patent-pending technology, the new Web portal makes access
to the Internet's vast health-related sources efficient and reliable.
MDchoice.com features the first comprehensive search engine that has tools
to help consumers find specific, credible health-related information in
seconds -- rather than sifting through smaller medical sites or using
the general search engines. Developed by leading academic physicians,
the site features an editorial board of some of the most recognized physicians
in the U.S. to ensure that only the most credible medical content is included
in the MDchoice.com search engine.
For more information, visit
http://www.mdchoice.com.
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