The Patrick Institute, associated with Patrick Consult Inc. established in 1975, was created by

                        Dr. Edward A. Patrick to communicate research and advances in

               Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence,

                                   Medical Diagnosis and Treatment,

                                                 Drowning and Choking,

                                                               and other areas of

                                                   Medical Informatics

                                      Electrical Engineering, Statistics                          

                                              Computers, and Medicine