Constantina Politis, Tomislav Vuk, Clive Richardson, Lida Politi, Olivier Garraud
The role and importance of epidemiology in transfusion medicine
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traditional basic life support training university students public trainees practice simulations twice course potentially limiting competence contrast virtual reality allows trainees independently study practice often needed enhancing skills research development project aimed develop evaluate novel learning device virtual reality basic life support undergraduate students mae fah luang university mfu blis vr study employed twogroup pre posttest design involving seventy students n 35 group mae fah luang university thailand data collected march 2022 january 2023 experimental group received mfu blis vr addition traditional teaching control group received traditional teaching data analysis employed descriptive statistics chisquare mannwhitney u test wilcoxon signed ranks test mfu blis vr provided learning experience outofhospital basic life support adult patients four scenarios 1 person breathing pulse 2 person breathing pulse required defibrillation 3 person breathing pulse require defibrillation 4 person normal breathing pulse unconscious scenario presented sequentially scenario one scenario four scenarios encompassed common complex situations requiring prompt effective bystander responses save lives results revealed experimental group significantly shorter noflow time compared control group z 502 p 001 achieved significantly higher knowledge scores control group z 339 p 01 well superior practical skills z 726 p 001 groups reported highest satisfaction levels aspects significant differences mfu blis vr effective training approach teaching learning basic life support use automated electronic defibrillator captures students attention enhances understanding essential life support skills crucial everyone