Project Name: “Portable Laser Device to Cauterize Wounds”

Partners: Ayelet Segal and Pabvitraa Ramcharan

Primary Sources:

Mahama, Mohammed-Najeeb, et al. 2018. “Emergency Response Time and Pre-hospital Trauma Survival Rate of the National Ambulance Service, Greater Accra (January – December 2014).” BMC Emergency Medicine. https://bmcemergmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12873-018-0184-3.

The authors of this publication are Mohammed-Najeeb Mahama, Ernest Kenu, Delia Akosua Bandoh, and Ahmed Nuhu Zakariah. Mohammed-Najeeb Mahama and Ahmed Nuhu Zakariah are affiliated with the National Ambulance Service in Accra, Ghana. Delia Akosua Bandoh and Ernest Kenu are affiliated with the Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, and University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana. The main point of this article is that delayed or longer response time in emergency responses leads to high trauma in patients survival rate. This article is useful because it illustrates the need for fast emergency response time, which the main purpose of the portable laser. That’s because it provides care on the spot rather than wasting time bringing patients into the hospital.

 

Samson, D, et al. 2004. “Wound‐Healing Technologies: Low‐Level Laser and Vacuum‐Assisted Closure: Summary.” Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11882/.

The authors of this article are D Samson, F Lefevre, and N Aronson. They have each written many other peer-reviewed scientific articles that can be found on ncbi. This article compares the effectiveness of two forms of cauterizing wounds (low‐level laser and vacuum‐assisted closure). The main point of the article is that there was not much of an effect on wound healing from these innovations, but there is still more research to be conducted. This is useful in our project because it show what we would need to incorporate and work on to make an effective laser.

 

Popular Source:

Roddick, Julie, and Valencia Higuera. 2018. “Open Wound.” Health Line. https://www.healthline.com/health/open-wound.

The authors of this article are Julie Roddick and Valencia Higuera, but it was also medically peer reviewed by Andrew Gonzalez MD, JD, MPH. Julie Roddick and Valencia Higuera have also written other scientific articles that have been professionally peer reviewed by those with medical degrees. This article describes what open wounds are, the different types of open wounds, and how they are normally treated. This source illustrates what our innovation is trying to solve. We can incorporate this information into the type of laser we will make so it can handle the different types of open wounds.