High Fidelity Simulation vs Standard Teaching Training of Cardiac Resuscitation

simulation- based educational intervention

Students randomized to receive simulation training .The mannequin Siman 3G laerdal® displays multiple physiologic and pharmacologic responses. Three volunteers were involved in the scenario while the others were observers through an audiovisual projection. Students participating in the scenario were given 15 minutes to evaluate and manage a 60-year-old man with a known history of coronary artery disease and diabetes who presented to the emergency department with chest pain revealing an acute ST elevation myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular fibrillation. Students were required to recognize and manage ventricular fibrillation when the patient became pulseless and unresponsive. After performing the simulation, the entire group was convened for debriefing of the case.

Control group students received a traditional course using slides during 60 minutes about the management of cardio pulmonary resuscitation according to the latest recommendations of the AHA. This course is offered by the same trainer who participated in the simulation session. Students were free to ask questions as the progress of education. The same educational objectives were treated with the two groups.