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- Queens Medical
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Anaesthesia
Training Program
- An Anaesthesia training
simulator, originally developed in conjunction with the Queens Medical
Centre, Nottingham, UK. The software is a Virtual Theatre Type Simulator
(TTS) where the user adopts the role of trainee anaesthetist.
The advantages of Virtual training in this area over existing methods are
many; Trainees can practice within the virtual theatre without using
valuable 'real' theatre resources, indeed, the vr equipment needn't
actually be resident at the hospital, as it is fully portable, and as
such, could be a shared resource between hospitals.
Trainees can practice procedures over and over again, with performance
data being saved for later evaluation by either the trainer, the user
himself, or even as part of a continuous assessment process.
The VR hardware is fully net-workable, which means several people can share
the same environment, allowing the trainer to be beside the trainee (s) as
incidents occur. It is also worth mentioning that these machines can be
linked both locally (in the same room/building) or remotely via ISDN (to
any where/country).
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Within the virtual environment the
user is confronted with a virtual patient, and has access to monitoring,
ventilating and anaesthesia equipment common to operating theatres around
the country today.
He also has the ability to operate this equipment by means of hand gestures
within the virtual world, in conjunction with a simple menu system. He
has access to, and can adjust; the rota meters, a selection of volatile
agents, and can administer various relaxants, opiates, and a range of other
substances to the virtual patient intravenously.
Whilst the graphics in this program are clearly outdated now, the principles
of the program are still very modern and relevant, and applicable to
countless other complex medical procedures.
Both hardware and software have advanced sufficiently to allow extremely
realistic and valuable programs to now be created. If you are involved with
procedures that could benefit from the application of Virtual Reality
training, please contact us so we can discuss
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