None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
High fidelity simulation education (HFSE) is a commonly employed tool within critical care medicine, however, in practice, simulation education is cost and resource intensive This has resulted in the necessary incorporation of observers in HFSE, and increased interest in whether observers can be expected to benefit from this experience, and what factors might increase the benefit of observer participation. Consequently, this study seeks to answer two questions. First, are the experiences in simulation similar for directed observers and active participants? Second, does the HFSE provide a similar experience to clinical work? We will asses this using two qualitative measuring tools, the NASA Task Load Index and a self efficacy questionnaire, in a repeated measures design with these instruments used in induction and also after a period of clinical work.
Interventions
Active participants in high fidelity simulation exercises that are a routine component of NSW Aeromedical Operations 6-monthly induction training. These exercises are of 45 to 60 minutes duration. They involve the use of actors as patients, or mannakins if procedures are required to be performed; as well as paramedics or paramedic students as ambulance staff. Real-time patient observations (ECG, HR, SBP, ETCO2) are provided to teams through an i-simulate patient monitor. Scenarios include interh
Active participants in high fidelity simulation exercises that are a routine component of NSW Aeromedical Operations 6-monthly induction training. These exercises are of 45 to 60 minutes duration. They involve the use of actors as patients, or mannakins if procedures are required to be performed; as well as paramedics or paramedic students as ambulance staff. Real-time patient observations (ECG, HR, SBP, ETCO2) are provided to teams through an i-simulate patient monitor. Scenarios include interhospital transport scenarios such as difficult staff interaction, unanticipated airway problems, as well as prehospital exercises such as severe combative head injuries, trapped patients and traumatic cardiac arrest. Participants are expected to behave as they would in real-time (eg no sudden jumps in time or forced urgency)
Sponsors
NSW Ambulance Aeromedical Operations
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
All consenting students undertaking the GSA-HEMS induction course
Exclusion criteria
nil
Outcome results
None listed