Collaborative virtual reality based advanced cardiac life support training simulator using virtual reality principles

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 49-59

  Khanal, Prabal ^a   Vankipuram, Akshay ^a   Ashby, Aaron ^a   Vankipuram, Mithra ^b   Gupta, Ashish ^c   Drumm Gurnee, Denise ^d   Josey, Karen ^d   Tinker, Linda ^d   Smith, Marshall ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^d BANNER HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cardiac life support; Computer applications in medicine; Computer uses in education collaborative learning; Medical team training; Multimedia information systems virtual reality; Serious games

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; FEEDBACK; HEART; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SERIOUS GAMES; SIMULATORS;

CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT TRAINING; COLLABORATIVE LEARNING; COLLABORATIVE VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE; LIFE SUPPORTS; MEDICAL TEAMS; MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATOR;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LEARNING ALGORITHM; PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESUSCITATION; SIMULATOR; TACHYCARDIA; VIRTUAL REALITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SIMULATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84908017937     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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