Exploring ambulance clinicians' clinical reasoning when training mass casualty incidents using virtual reality: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

How ambulance clinicians (ACs) handle a mass casualty incident (MCI) is essential for the suffered, but the training and learning for the ACs are sparse and they don't have the possibility to learn without realistic simulation training. In addition, it is unclear what type of dilemmas ACs process in their clinical reasoning during an MCI. With virtual reality (VR) simulation, the ACs clinical reasoning can be explored in a systematic way. Therefore, the objective was to explore ambulance clinicians' clinical reasoning when simulating a mass casualty incident using virtual reality.

Methods

This study was conducted as an explorative interview study design using chart- stimulated recall technique for data collection. A qualitative content analysis was done, using the

SUBMITTER: Heldring S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11403774 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature