Challenges in Virtual Reality Training for CRBN Events

Regal, Georg; Schrom-Feiertag, Helmut; Migliorini, Massimo; Guarneri, Massimiliano; Giovanni, Daniele Di; D’Angelo, Andrea; Murtinger, Markus

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-15553-6_6

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“…In contrast to discussion-based, tabletop or live exercises, computer modeling, and simulation can enhance disaster preparedness by studying all operational assumptions and testing contingency plans in a virtual but controlled experimental environment. Simulation allows the integration of stochastic and dynamic aspects inherent to the health disaster response and to study possible relationships among any or all variables included in the scenario (4,5). Computer-generated victims can be created with vital parameters that are realistic for their injuries and with a randomly allocated severity of injuries based on probabilities for the different triage classes (6,7).…”

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“…As CBRN scenarios are very difficult and expensive to recreate in real life, computer simulation is particularly suited for assessing the effectiveness of contingency plans and identifying gaps and areas of improvement (5,13). Simulation techniques allow healthcare providers to investigate the impact of different options and thus provide evidence that decision makers need in order to establish robust response strategies in the CBRN area.…”

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Creating realistic nerve agent victim profiles for computer simulation of medical CBRN disaster response

Rouck

Benhassine

Debacker

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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In the last decades, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) threats have become serious risks prompting countries to prioritize preparedness for such incidents. As CBRN scenarios are very difficult and expensive to recreate in real life, computer simulation is particularly suited for assessing the effectiveness of contingency plans and identifying areas of improvement. These computer simulation exercises require realistic and dynamic victim profiles, which are unavailable in a civilian context. In this paper we present a set of civilian nerve agent injury profiles consisting of clinical parameters and their evolution, as well as the methodology used to create them. These injury profiles are based on military injury profiles and adapted to the civilian population, using sarin for the purpose of illustration. They include commonly measured parameters in the prehospital setting. We demonstrate that information found in military sources can easily be adjusted for a civilian population using a few simple assumptions and validated methods. This methodology can easily be expanded to other chemical warfare agents as well as different ways of exposure. The resulting injury profiles are generic so they can also be used in tabletop and live simulation exercises. Modeling and simulation, if used correctly and in conjunction with empirical data gathered from lessons learned, can assist in providing the evidence practices for effective and efficient response decisions and interventions, considering the contextual factors of the affected area and the specific disaster scenario.

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Creating realistic nerve agent victim profiles for computer simulation of medical CBRN disaster response

Rouck

Benhassine

Debacker

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…In prior work [19], we have presented challenges for the future development of VR training for CBRN responders. VR for CBRN training offers the potential to enhance and accelerate learning and can serve as a valuable supplement to existing disaster preparedness and CBRN training curricula and programs [20].…”

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Challenges in Virtual Reality Training for CBRN Events

Regal,

Pretolesi,

Schrom-Feiertag

et al. 2023

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The contemporary geopolitical environment and strategic uncertainty shaped by asymmetric and hybrid threats urge the future development of hands-on training in realistic environments. Training in immersive, virtual environments is a promising approach. Immersive training can support training for contexts that are otherwise hard to access, dangerous, or have high costs. This paper discusses the challenges for virtual reality training in the CBRN (chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear) domain. Based on initial considerations and a literature review, we conducted a survey and three workshops to gather requirements for CBRN training in virtual environments. We structured the gathered insights into four overarching themes—the future of CBRN training, ethical and safety requirements, evaluation and feedback, and tangible objects and tools. We provide insights on these four themes and discuss recommendations.

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