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Surgical Triage

Built at OpenAI Voice Hack Night · May 27, 2026 · San Francisco, CA

Surgical Triage — Demo video

I am a practicing hand and microsurgeon, and one of my specialties is reattaching amputated digits. A major part of that work is receiving urgent transfer calls from emergency departments hours away, often while I am already operating. These calls matter, but they are frequently incomplete: missing photos, x-rays, ischemia time, amputated-part handling details, or basic transfer logistics. They can distract from the operation while still leaving me without the information I need to make a fast decision. I built this product to turn that chaotic transfer call into a realtime coordinated workflow. The system answers the transfer line, speaks with the referring ER doctor, reviews uploaded photos and x-rays during the call, identifies missing or inadequate imaging, checks surgeon-specific hand-surgery criteria from a library of clinical skill files, corrects urgent errors like improper amputated-part preservation, and builds a live transfer packet for the receiving surgeon as the conversation unfolds. Once the patient is accepted for transfer, the agent can use the same structured information to coordinate next steps, including calling the operating room to help schedule the surgery. The goal is to remove the repetitive intake burden, protect the operation already in progress, and make the final handoff faster, safer, and more focused.

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