Tunc Emine M, Caglar Derya, Ackley S Heath, Umoren Rachel
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine/Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, USA.
Cureus. 2024 Mar 13;16(3):e56090. doi: 10.7759/cureus.56090. eCollection 2024 Mar.
This technical report explored the feasibility and utility of virtual reality (VR) pediatric resuscitation simulations for pre-hospital providers during their scheduled shifts. To our knowledge, neither the pediatric resuscitation VR simulation nor the feasibility of in situ, on-shift training with VR had been previously evaluated in pre-hospital providers. VR headset was available at an urban city fire station for 10 days where a total of 60 pre-hospital providers were scheduled to work. Providers were made aware of the VR module but no formal demonstration was done. There were no facilitators. Participants filled out an anonymous retrospective pre- and post-survey using a five-point Likert scale, rating their confidence from "not confident" to "very confident" in recognizing and managing pediatric emergencies. We found that VR simulation for pediatric resuscitation was a feasible training tool to use in situ as 63% of the providers were able to use it on shift. Furthermore, self-reported confidence increased after the training where responses of "very confident" increased from 20% to 30% for emergency medical technicians and 55% to 63% for paramedics.
本技术报告探讨了虚拟现实（VR）儿科复苏模拟在院前急救人员轮班期间的可行性和实用性。据我们所知，此前尚未对院前急救人员进行过儿科复苏VR模拟以及使用VR进行现场轮班培训的可行性评估。在一个城市消防站提供VR头戴设备达10天，期间共有60名院前急救人员排班工作。告知急救人员有VR模块，但未进行正式演示。没有引导人员。参与者使用五点李克特量表填写了一份匿名的培训前后回顾性调查问卷，对他们在识别和处理儿科紧急情况方面的信心从“不自信”到“非常自信”进行评分。我们发现，儿科复苏VR模拟是一种可行的现场培训工具，因为63%的急救人员能够在轮班时使用它。此外，培训后自我报告的信心有所增强，急救医疗技术员中“非常自信”的比例从20%增至30%，护理人员则从55%增至63%。
