The Use of Simulated Patients During Basic-first Aid Courses for Laypeople

The simulated patient is a professional actor and Belgian Red Cross employee, who combines acting distress and pain with moulage, to mimic the injuries as truthfully as possible. For feasibility reasons, the simulant will only be included in two sections of the course: the respective treatments of burns and stroke. The remainder of the course will be taught without simulated patient by the professional first aid tutors.

Instead of a simulated patients, participants get to watch video clips on first aid techniques.