Abstract
Triage, establishing the priority of care among casualties in disaster management, is generally practiced using constructive tabletop or live exercises. Actual disasters involving multiple casualties occur rarely, offering little opportunity for gaining experience and competency assessment. When they do occur, response needs to be rapid and well-learned. In the Iraqi medical education environment where the need for triage is immediate, but the ability to stage practice is nearly impossible, blending didactic learning with simulation-based triage offers an alternative training methodology.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 223-228 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
Volume | 125 |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2007 |
Event | 15th Annual Conference on Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, MMVR 2007 - Long Beach, CA, United States Duration: 6 Feb 2007 → 9 Feb 2007 |
Keywords
- Triage
- disaster medicine
- patient simulation
- virtual patients