TY - JOUR
T1 - Virtual reality for ambulance simulation environment
AU - Halabi, Osama
AU - Salahuddin, Tooba
AU - Karkar, Abdel Ghani
AU - Alinier, Guillaume
PY - 2022/9/1
Y1 - 2022/9/1
N2 - Simulations are beneficial in evaluating clinicians’ empirical competencies through practical skills, prioritizing, and decision-making as part of patient care scenarios generally run in a full-scale physical context. However, such simulations require physical space, manufacturing, and replacement of damaged or used equipment. On the other hand, virtual reality (VR) computerized simulators are comparatively modern instruments for use in practical training. VR can be employed to simulate real-world situations without the actual need for physical devices. This work presents an ambulance patient compartment VR simulation that can be used by emergency medical services (EMS) staff to customize the configuration of the ambulance patient compartment according to their preference as well as for vehicle orientation or training purposes. The proposed simulation can be used repeatedly enabling the paramedics to access equipment in a fully immersive and safe environment. The user studies have demonstrated the usability and perceived effectiveness of the proposed simulation.
AB - Simulations are beneficial in evaluating clinicians’ empirical competencies through practical skills, prioritizing, and decision-making as part of patient care scenarios generally run in a full-scale physical context. However, such simulations require physical space, manufacturing, and replacement of damaged or used equipment. On the other hand, virtual reality (VR) computerized simulators are comparatively modern instruments for use in practical training. VR can be employed to simulate real-world situations without the actual need for physical devices. This work presents an ambulance patient compartment VR simulation that can be used by emergency medical services (EMS) staff to customize the configuration of the ambulance patient compartment according to their preference as well as for vehicle orientation or training purposes. The proposed simulation can be used repeatedly enabling the paramedics to access equipment in a fully immersive and safe environment. The user studies have demonstrated the usability and perceived effectiveness of the proposed simulation.
KW - Ambulance design
KW - Ambulance patient compartment
KW - Equipment positioning
KW - Virtual reality simulation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85128034611&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11042-022-12980-3
DO - 10.1007/s11042-022-12980-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85128034611
VL - 81
SP - 32119
EP - 32137
JO - Multimedia Tools and Applications
JF - Multimedia Tools and Applications
SN - 1380-7501
IS - 22
ER -