Effectiveness of Extended Reality CPR Training Methods

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Basic Cardiac Life Support; Virtual Reality

Treatments: Other: extended-reality CPR training; Other: conventional CPR training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04736888

CBS2.0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to explore the efficacy and safety of the extended reality (XR)-based basic life support (BLS) training.

Full description

Conventional CPR training is based on the use of a manikin and a training video. Though several feedback devices have been developed to improve the effectiveness of the training, they were neither realistic nor immersive. In addition, in conventional training programs, trainees are constrained in terms of time and location, as they are usually kept to a schedule.

Virtual reality (VR) technology, which was designed to maximize immersion, could be used to overcome those limitations, which in turn may improve the effectiveness of CPR training. However, even with VR technology, procedures such as chest compressions, ventilation, and defibrillation cannot be implemented as in the real world. Extended reality (XR), which combines the virtual and real worlds, could overcome these limitations by facilitating the use of real-world manikins in the virtual environment.

Enrollment: 154 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals who are not healthcare providers and are 18 years old or older

Exclusion criteria

Participants who

• are not capable of performing either the training or the CPR test due to physical or cognitive limitations
• have upper extremity injuries
• are pregnant
• experience dizziness, headache, or motion sickness during the 2-minute XR device adaptation period that prevents them from participating in the simulation study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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154 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Conventional CPR training consists of a BLS video and a manikin equipped with a feedback device.

Treatment:

Other: conventional CPR training

XR group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The XR group participants will be provided training via the XR BLS module and are allotted an additional 2 minutes that is needed to adapt to the XR equipment.

Treatment:

Other: extended-reality CPR training