Open AccessUsing an Immersive Virtual Reality System to Assess Lay Provider Response to an Unannounced Simulated Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Out-of-Hospital Setting
Author(s) -
Marion Leary,
Alfredo Almodovar,
David G Buckler,
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Audrey L Blewer,
Benjamin S. Abella
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
simulation in healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.685
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1559-713X
pISSN - 1559-2332
DOI - 10.1097/sih.0000000000000338
Subject(s) - virtual reality , sudden cardiac arrest , medical emergency , computer science , psychology , medicine , human–computer interaction , psychiatry
A sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) occurs when the heart abruptly stops beating; because of the nature of SCA, capturing data in the out-of-hospital setting from actual bystander response is difficult. Current technologies such as virtual reality (VR) allow the creation of scenarios programmed for heightened realism. No studies have used an immersive VR system to observe lay bystander response.