Wu Tzu-Chi, Ho Chien-Ta Bruce
Institute of Technology Management, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Emergency Medicine, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Institute of Technology Management, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Australas Emerg Care. 2023 Mar;26(1):75-83. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2022.08.002. Epub 2022 Aug 8.
Interest in the metaverse has been growing worldwide as the virtual environment provides opportunities for highly immersive and interactive experiences. Metaverse has gradually gained acceptance in the medical field with the advancement of technologies such as big data, the Internet of Things, and 5 G mobile networks. The demand for and development of metaverse are different in diverse subspecialties owing to patients with varying degrees of clinical disease. Hence, we aim to explore the application of metaverse in acute medicine by reviewing published studies and the clinical management of patients.
Our review examined the published articles about the concept of metaverse roadmap, and four additional domains were extracted: education, prehospital and disaster medicine, diagnosis and treatment application, and administrative affairs.
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) integration have broad applications in education and clinical training. VR-related studies surpassed AR-related studies in the emergency medicine field. The metaverse roadmap revealed that lifelogging and mirror world are still developing fields of the metaverse.
Our findings provide insight into the features, application, development, and potential of a metaverse in emergency medicine. This study will enable emergency care systems to be better equipped to face future challenges.
随着虚拟环境提供高度沉浸式和交互式体验的机会，全球对元宇宙的兴趣与日俱增。随着大数据、物联网和5G移动网络等技术的进步，元宇宙在医学领域逐渐得到认可。由于临床疾病程度不同的患者，元宇宙在不同亚专业中的需求和发展也有所不同。因此，我们旨在通过回顾已发表的研究和患者的临床管理来探索元宇宙在急症医学中的应用。
我们的综述研究了已发表的关于元宇宙路线图概念的文章，并提取了另外四个领域：教育、院前和灾难医学、诊断和治疗应用以及行政事务。
增强现实（AR）和虚拟现实（VR）集成在教育和临床培训中有广泛应用。在急诊医学领域，与VR相关的研究超过了与AR相关的研究。元宇宙路线图显示，生活记录和镜像世界仍是元宇宙的发展领域。
我们的研究结果为元宇宙在急诊医学中的特点、应用、发展和潜力提供了见解。本研究将使急诊护理系统更好地应对未来挑战。
