Emergency preparedness in the 21st century: Training and preparation modules in virtual environments

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-84

  Cohen, Daniel ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a   Taylor, David ^a   Kerr, Karen ^a   Heys, Mick ^b   Willett, Keith ^c   Batrick, Nicola ^d   Darzi, Ara ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Ambulance HART   (United Kingdom)

^c Wellington House   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Emergency preparedness; Resuscitation; Simulation; Trauma; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOMB; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTERS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84871397708     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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