An Affordable, Virtual Reality Based Training Application for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Deaths due to heart diseases are a leading cause of death in Mexico. Cardiovascular diseases are considered a public health problem because they produce cardiorespiratory arrests. During an arrest, cardiac and/or respiratory activity stops. A cardiorespiratory arrest is rapidly fatal without a quick and efficient intervention. As a response to this problem, the VirtualCPR system was designed in the present work. VirtualCPR is a mobile virtual reality application to support learning and practicing of basic techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for experts or non-experts in CPR. VirtualCPR implements an interactive virtual scenario with the user, which is visible by means of employment of virtual reality lenses. User’s interactions, with our proposal, are by a portable force sensor for integration with training mannequins, whose development is based on an application for the Android platform. Furthermore, this proposal integrates medical knowledge in first aid, related to the basic CPR for adults using only the hands, as well as technological knowledge, related to development of simulations on a mobile virtual reality platform by three main processes: (i) force measurement and conversion, (ii) data transmission and (iii) simulation of a virtual scenario. An experiment by means of a multifactorial analysis of variance was designed considering four factors for a CPR session: (i) previous training in CPR, (ii) frequency of compressions, (iii) presence of auditory suggestions and (iv) presence of color indicator. Our findings point out that the more previous training in CPR a user of the VirtualCPR system has, the greater the percentage of correct compressions obtained from a virtual CPR session. Setting the rate to 100 or 150 compressions per minute, turning on or off the auditory suggestions and turning the color indicator on or off during the session have no significant effect on the results obtained by the user.

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Towards an Affordable Virtual Reality Solution for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training

2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) ◽

10.1109/vr.2019.8798159 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Samali U. Liyanage ◽

Lakshman Jayaratne ◽

Manjusri Wickramasinghe ◽

Aruna Munasinghe

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽

Resuscitation Training

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Virtual reality cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): Comparison with a standard CPR training mannequin

Resuscitation ◽

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.12.016 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 135 ◽

pp. 234-235 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Federico Semeraro ◽

Giuseppe Ristagno ◽

Gabriele Giulini ◽

Tania Gnudi ◽

Jihan Samira Kayal ◽

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Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽

Cpr Training

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Clinical instructors’ perceptions of virtual reality in health professionals’ cardiopulmonary resuscitation education

SAGE Open Medicine ◽

10.1177/2050312118799602 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 205031211879960 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Marie Ann Mae En Wong ◽

Shien Chue ◽

Michelle Jong ◽

Ho Wye Kei Benny ◽

Nabil Zary

Keyword(s):

Virtual Reality ◽

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation ◽

Clinical Education ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Future Research ◽

Memory Enhancement ◽

Current Health ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

Before And After ◽

And Performance

Objectives: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is lifesaving. Yet, cardiac arrest survival remains low despite CPR intervention. Education has been highlighted as a strategy to overcome this issue. Virtual Reality technology has been gaining momentum in the field of clinical education. Published studies report benefits of virtual reality for CPR education; yet, perceptions of CPR instructors towards virtual reality remain unexplored. CPR instructors are key stakeholders in CPR education and their perceptions are valuable for the design and adoption of virtual reality-enhanced learning. The purpose of this study is therefore to understand the perceptions of CPR instructors towards using virtual reality for health professionals’ CPR education. The aim was addressed via three research questions: (1) What are the perceptions of CPR instructors towards current health professionals’ CPR education? (2) What are the perceptions of CPR instructors towards features of virtual reality ideal for health professionals’ CPR education? (3) What are the perceptions of CPR instructors towards the potential role of virtual reality in health professionals’ CPR education? Methods: A total of 30 CPR instructors were surveyed on their views towards current health professionals’ CPR education and the use of virtual reality for health professionals’ CPR education, before and after interacting with a CPR virtual reality simulation. Responses were analysed using interpretative thematic analysis. Results: CPR instructors perceived current health professionals’ CPR education as limited due to unideal test preparation (resources, practice, motivation, and frame of mind) and performance. They perceived fidelity, engagement, resource conservation, and memory enhancement as features of virtual reality ideal for health professionals’ CPR education. Virtual reality was viewed by CPR instructors as having potential as a blended learning tool, targeting both ‘novice’ and ‘experienced’ health professionals. Conclusion: The study highlighted the gaps in current health professionals’ CPR education that can be addressed using virtual-reality-enabled learning. Future research could investigate virtual reality simulations with features desirable for CPR education of target populations.

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