Using Virtual World Training to Increase Situation Awareness during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2014:196:83-5.

Abstract

Situation awareness (SA) is a critical non-technical skill which affects outcome during emergency medical endeavors. Using a modified self-report instrument a significant increase of SA was found during multiplayer virtual world CPR team training among 12 medical students. Further a correlation between SA and attention was noted. Being a vital factor during the process of video-game play, we argue that this skill is suitably practiced using this training method.

MeSH terms

  • Awareness*
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / education*
  • Computer Simulation*
  • Education, Medical
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy
  • User-Computer Interface*