First Aid and Safety Interactive Simulator (FASIS)

Introduction: The First Aid and Safety Interactive Simulator is projected to be a AR/VR/MR training system that provides the learner the ability to visualize a scenario and perform First Aid/CPR using real-world visuals and sensory feedback.

The project is a result when my team participated in Med Hack 2019.

Med.Hack (+) is an event designed to solve problems in healthcare through the use of technology. At the hackathon, we brainstorm ideas, form teams, and prototype solutions to real-life issues over the course of 48 hours. What makes our hackathon different is that we are guided by local mentors in health, technology, and business! http://www.medhack.ca/#about

Photo: https://www.facebook.com/medhackca/photos/pcb.2671786112947705/2671784556281194/?type=3&theater

This product could help with increasing the learning outcome, engagement, and retention in the First Aid/CPR context. We are received numerous of the interests of sponsors and participants.

Currently, I have started to learn AR programming to make this project from a idea/prototype to be commercialized. This project is still in Discover Stage

PROBLEM

500,000 Canadians are trained in First Aid/CPR each year; however less than 34% of those trained feel confident in their ability to provide life-saving first aid.

How to improve the learning outcome and help learner performance more confident?

INSIGHTS

Secondary research and interviewing were applied to understand why ?

5 - Why technique was applied in this discovery stage to get the deep insights.

A 2011 Red Cross study showed that Physical First Aid skills appeared to decline at a faster rate than theoretical knowledge, with significant decline in CPR skills occurring as early as 2 weeks post-training

68% of Canadians say they can recognize the signs of a life-threatening health emergency like choking or cardiac arrest

Less than 34% of those trained feel confident in their ability to provide life-saving first aid.

Educator: "Learner could not apply what to learn in the classroom to reality when the accident happen because they can not visualize it. More specific, in the classroom, the manikin was used to teach learner, but in reality there are numerous factors affect such as the environment; position of victim; etc."

Learner: "Performing CPR on a manikin is totally different than performing CPR on a human body "

CHALLENGES & SOLUTIONS