FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 A 76-year-old stroke survivor reunited with his heroes on Thursday at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. <\/p>\n
Thanks to revolutionary AI tools, the team was able to do in minutes what used to take hours. <\/p>\n
Alfred Forbes knows he\u2019s walking and talking thanks to the paramedics with Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue and a capable vascular interventional neurologist at Broward Health.<\/p>\n
Forbes was about to board a plane to Jamaica last month when his wife noticed his face was drooping, among other key signs of a stroke. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was told that if I had boarded that flight, I would be a body bag coming off that flight,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
After first responders rushed him to the emergency room, Dr. Mehdi Bouslama was able to use AI tools through his smartphone to diagnose Forbes and get his stroke team ready to act.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat AI does, it\u2019s trained to recognize whether there\u2019s an interruption of blood flow, but also gives us information on salvageable tissue,\u201d said Bouslama. <\/p>\n
When it comes to treating a stroke, every second matters. <\/p>\n
\u201cAI also helps us communicate with our teams, so I get the images on my phone,\u201d said Bouslama. \u201cI literally just slide a button called the \u2018go button\u2019 and the team is activated.\u201d<\/p>\n
That quick action allowed Forbes to recover to a pretty normal life. <\/p>\n
He\u2019s about to rejoin his team for his favorite pastime, playing softball.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can\u2019t wait to have me back,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
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