How & Where Can AI Make Trauma Care Better? | Part 2 with Dr John Green

A patient can look completely fine — while the crash is already coming. AI might catch it hours before a human can. In Part 2 of this episode of The IDAAHub Podcast, host Deepti Kalghatgi and Dr. John Green — trauma & acute care surgeon, Professor of Surgery at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, and Medical Director at Atrium Health — move from the problem to the possibilities: how and where AI is already advancing trauma and critical care, and where it's headed next. From the ICU to the operating room, this half explores the places AI can do the most good — and the human moments it should never replace. In this episode: Critical care monitoring as the "low-hanging fruit" — turning endless ICU data into early warnings Beating alarm fatigue and predicting patient deterioration hours before it shows Robotic surgery, economy of motion, and AI-driven performance feedback for surgeons The human elements AI must not replace — ethical decisions and delivering hard news to families The future: wearables that alert EMS, smarter regional trauma systems, and chest-wall/rib-fracture modeling The stat most people don't know: trauma is the #1 killer from ages 1–44 — and it's dramatically underfunded 🎧 New here? Start with Part 1 for the full story on why trauma is AI's toughest frontier. 📧 Connect with IDAAHub Follow us on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idaahub/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@IDAAHUB Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3V8Vuhqkibej5fUwtwkUMx Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-idaa-hub-podcast-ai-in-finance-healthcare/id1848710327 📧 Connect with Host Host Deepti Kalghatgi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepti-kalghatgi/ 🌐 Visit: https://idaahub.com