Researchers described a comparative evaluation of four different voice assistants (VAs) for their ability to provide appropriate CPR instructions.
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaAug 30 2023Reviewed by Sophia Coveney In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers described a comparative evaluation of four different voice assistants for their ability to provide appropriate cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions.
Although emergency dispatchers can provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation guidance to onlookers, such services may not be universally accessible, and their usage may be hampered by language hurdles, poor quality of audio, disconnection of calls, perceived expenses, and law enforcement-related fears. Related StoriesThe researchers reviewed transcriptions of the interactions to confirm that the questions were captured accurately. In addition, the questions were asked to an AI-based LLM tool on 13 February via text.
The large language model provided relevant cardiopulmonary resuscitation data for all questions and textual cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions for three-quarters of questions. Of 17 answers from the voice assistants and the large language model, 71%, 47%, and 35% were related to hand positioning, the depth of compression, and the rate of compression, respectively.
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