Sylva Agnete Charlotte Heise, Sandra Wissing, Verena Nerschbach, Ellen Preussing, Andrea Tipold, Christin Kleinsorgen
Evaluation of an Interprofessional Blended Learning Course Focusing on Communication within Veterinary Teams
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
rise mass casualty incidents training hemorrhage control using tourniquets championed basicand lifesavingprocedure bystanders medical professionals alike current standard training inperson ip courses limited based instructor availability virtual reality vr demonstrated potential improve accuracy certain medical tasks yet developed hemorrhage control objective study evaluate efficacy vr hemorrhage trainer learner retention tourniquet application compared traditional ip instructor teaching among cohort emergency medicine residents practicing level trauma center prospective observational study 53 emergency medicine residents innercity program participants randomly assigned either control vr group day 0 residents underwent training session ip vs vr proper stepwise application tourniquet defined american college trauma surgeons participant assessed application tourniquet blinded instructor using national registry hemorrhage control skills lab rubric 3 months resident reevaluated rubric subsequent data analysis successful tourniquet placement measured 90 time completion 53 participants ip training group initial pass rate 97 2829 compared 92 2224 vr group p 058 retention testing ip training group pass rate 95 2021 compared 90 1820 vr group p 062 stratifying success tourniquet placement level resident training demonstrate statistically significant differences pilot study emergency medicine residents found significant differences successful hemorrhage control tourniquet placement trained vr compared traditional ip course among emergency medicine residents studies greater power needed results suggest vr may useful adjunct traditional ip medical training