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Simulator-Based Air Medical Training Program Christoph Life: From Concept to Course
- Source :
- Air Medical Journal. 35:242-246
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- Christoph Life is a simulator-based air medical training program and a new and innovative educational concept. Participants pass different scenarios with a fully equipped and movable helicopter simulator. Main focuses of the program are crew resource management (CRM) elements and team training. Information about expectations end effectiveness of the training is sparse.During a 2-day training, participants learn CRM basics and complete various emergency medical scenarios. For evaluation, we used an anonymous questionnaire either with polar questions or a 6-coded psychometric Likert scale. The Wilcoxon test was used for statistical analysis. The significance level was set at P.05.Thirteen teams of emergency physicians and specially trained paramedics underwent Christoph Life. It was evaluated largely positively and considered very helpful for daily work (5.7 ± 0.5) and avoiding mistakes (5.7 ± 0.5). The quality of participants' knowledge about CRM basics (3.5 ± 1.2 vs. 5.4 ± 0.7, P.001), self-assessment of communication skills (4.2 ± 0.7 vs. 4.8 ± 0.8, P = .02), and active reflection of communication aspects (3.9 ± 0.9 vs. 5.5 ± 0.5, P.001) could be strikingly increased.There is a considerable demand for intensified training on the part of the users. We were able to show that a simulator-based air medical training program is a helpful training tool with an obvious subjective benefit for the participants' nontechnical skills.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Emergency Medical Services
Wilcoxon signed-rank test
Computer science
media_common.quotation_subject
education
Crew resource management
Emergency Nursing
Likert scale
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Germany
Physicians
Humans
Statistical analysis
Quality (business)
030212 general & internal medicine
Set (psychology)
Simulation Training
Simulation
media_common
Patient Care Team
Communication
Crew Resource Management, Healthcare
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
Air Ambulances
Emergency Medical Technicians
Transportation of Patients
Emergency Medicine
Medical training
Team training
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1067991X
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Air Medical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....40784b7a378aff00e948ad935a01c64b