{"id":"https://openalex.org/W3200719940","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","title":"Using virtual reality to allow paramedics to familiarise themselves with a new ambulance patient compartment design","display_name":"Using virtual reality to allow paramedics to familiarise themselves with a new ambulance patient compartment design","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-08-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W3200719940","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","mag":"3200719940"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764394186","display_name":"Journal of emergency medicine, trauma & acute care","issn_l":"1999-7086","issn":["1999-7086","1999-7094"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj","poland-20","russia-white-list-4"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320064","host_organization_name":"HBKU Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320064"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["HBKU Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059969241","display_name":"Guillaume Alinier","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-4450","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4255-4450"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141584323","display_name":"University of Hertfordshire","ror":"https://ror.org/0267vjk41","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141584323"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I32394136","display_name":"Northumbria University","ror":"https://ror.org/049e6bc10","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32394136"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210152471","display_name":"Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar","ror":"https://ror.org/05v5hg569","country_code":"QA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210152471"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I49828101","display_name":"Hamad Medical Corporation","ror":"https://ror.org/02zwb6n98","country_code":"QA","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]}],"countries":["GB","QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Guillaume Alinier","raw_affiliation_strings":["Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom","Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa","School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, HERTS, AL10 9AB, United Kingdom","Weill Cornell Medicine \u2013 Qatar, Doha, Qatar"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I32394136"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, HERTS, AL10 9AB, United Kingdom","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141584323"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Weill Cornell Medicine \u2013 Qatar, Doha, Qatar","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210152471"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5076723195","display_name":"Tooba Salahuddin","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","display_name":"Qatar University","ror":"https://ror.org/00yhnba62","country_code":"QA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tooba Salahuddin","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000254467","display_name":"AbdelGhani Karkar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3713-6182","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3713-6182"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","display_name":"Qatar University","ror":"https://ror.org/00yhnba62","country_code":"QA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"AbdelGhani Karkar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007607900","display_name":"Ahmed Gueddes","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I49828101","display_name":"Hamad Medical Corporation","ror":"https://ror.org/02zwb6n98","country_code":"QA","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ahmed Gueddes","raw_affiliation_strings":["Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5112687540","display_name":"Suresh Devaraj","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I49828101","display_name":"Hamad Medical Corporation","ror":"https://ror.org/02zwb6n98","country_code":"QA","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Suresh Devaraj","raw_affiliation_strings":["Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028629347","display_name":"Vimal Machampilly Velayudhan","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I49828101","display_name":"Hamad Medical Corporation","ror":"https://ror.org/02zwb6n98","country_code":"QA","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vimal Machampilly Velayudhan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015875566","display_name":"Sulaiman Karickayil Sayed Mohammed","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I49828101","display_name":"Hamad Medical Corporation","ror":"https://ror.org/02zwb6n98","country_code":"QA","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sulaiman Karickayil Sayed Mohammed","raw_affiliation_strings":["Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Hamad Medical Corporation Ambulance Service, Doha, Qatar E-mail: galinier@hamad.qa","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I49828101"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5025231871","display_name":"Osama Halabi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2052-0500","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2052-0500"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","display_name":"Qatar University","ror":"https://ror.org/00yhnba62","country_code":"QA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Osama Halabi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.16462241,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"2021","issue":"2","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10648","display_name":"Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10648","display_name":"Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1709","display_name":"Human-Computer Interaction"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14270","display_name":"Simulation and Modeling Applications","score":0.0012000000569969416,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2207","display_name":"Control and Systems Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11238","display_name":"Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare","score":0.0010000000474974513,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2737","display_name":"Physiology (medical)"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/27","display_name":"Medicine"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-reality","display_name":"virtual reality","score":0.9909999966621399},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/paramedics","display_name":"paramedics","score":0.8259999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/usability","display_name":"usability","score":0.5569999814033508},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sense-of-presence","display_name":"presence","score":0.972000002861023},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/emergency-medical-technician-training","display_name":"emergency medical technician training","score":0.5540000200271606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ambulance-safety","display_name":"ambulance safety","score":0.5830000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task-completion-time","display_name":"task completion time","score":0.46700000762939453}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C170130773","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q216378","display_name":"Usability","level":2,"score":0.7024240493774414},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194969405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170519","display_name":"Virtual reality","level":2,"score":0.5956299304962158},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101468663","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1620158","display_name":"Modular design","level":2,"score":0.5646405816078186},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105776082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617473","display_name":"Likert scale","level":2,"score":0.5413917899131775},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.47216078639030457},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781332345","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1907476","display_name":"Mass-casualty incident","level":4,"score":0.4296974241733551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.42897331714630127},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C44154836","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45045","display_name":"Simulation","level":1,"score":0.37912222743034363},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C545542383","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2751242","display_name":"Medical emergency","level":1,"score":0.34160566329956055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.29139915108680725},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C71924100","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11190","display_name":"Medicine","level":0,"score":0.2740357518196106},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3017944768","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1450463","display_name":"Poison control","level":2,"score":0.2339704930782318},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166735990","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1750812","display_name":"Human factors and ergonomics","level":3,"score":0.22865721583366394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138496976","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175002","display_name":"Developmental psychology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764394186","display_name":"Journal of emergency medicine, trauma & acute care","issn_l":"1999-7086","issn":["1999-7086","1999-7094"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj","poland-20","russia-white-list-4"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320064","host_organization_name":"HBKU Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320064"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["HBKU Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:nrl.northumbria.ac.uk:47518","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47518/1/jemtac.2021.qhc.42.pdf","pdf_url":"http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/47518/1/jemtac.2021.qhc.42.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401884","display_name":"Northumbria Research Link (Northumbria University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I32394136","host_organization_name":"Northumbria University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I32394136"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"other-oa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/other-oa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:qspace.qu.edu.qa:10576/29217","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10576/29217","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400014","display_name":"Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","host_organization_name":"Qatar University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","doi":"https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.5339/jemtac.2021.qhc.42","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2764394186","display_name":"Journal of emergency medicine, trauma & acute care","issn_l":"1999-7086","issn":["1999-7086","1999-7094"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"listed_in":["doaj","poland-20","russia-white-list-4"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320064","host_organization_name":"HBKU Press","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320064"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["HBKU Press"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Journal of Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Acute Care","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.8371999859809875,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/3","display_name":"Good health and well-being"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3200719940.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W3200719940.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":2,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2013549369","https://openalex.org/W2927911018"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4223434910","https://openalex.org/W4361012083","https://openalex.org/W4205228582","https://openalex.org/W4292703073","https://openalex.org/W6997095163","https://openalex.org/W3046810637","https://openalex.org/W4390745772","https://openalex.org/W2417340987","https://openalex.org/W2109641100","https://openalex.org/W4387661452"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Background:":[0],"Virtual":[1],"reality":[2],"(VR)":[3],"is":[4],"still":[5,268],"an":[6,155,301,305],"evolving":[7],"domain":[8],"that":[9,20,51,292],"presents":[10],"a":[11,44,110,145],"versatile":[12],"medium":[13],"to":[14,59,78,99,148,222,313],"simulate":[15],"various":[16,197],"environments":[17],"and":[18,55,69,91,116,143,152,168,224,264,283,309],"scenarios":[19],"can":[21,28,52,294,310],"be":[22,29,53,295,311],"easily":[23],"reset":[24],"between":[25,220],"users,":[26],"which":[27,106],"particularly":[30],"useful":[31],"for":[32,171,287,297],"training":[33],"purposes.":[34,173],"In":[35],"this":[36,75,103],"pilot":[37,104,272],"study,":[38],"we":[39],"recreated":[40],"the":[41,60,65,80,83,121,126,130,135,149,163,166,188,193,196,218,238,242,247,288],"interior":[42,67],"of":[43,74,82,89,93,129,180,199,202,206,216,227,279,281,285],"modular":[45,127,239],"ambulance":[46,63,114,131,170,306],"patient":[47,85,132,307],"compartment":[48,86,133,308],"with":[49,64,120,300],"elements":[50,128,240],"moved":[54],"also":[56],"had":[57,182],"access":[58],"real":[61,138,167,248],"physical":[62],"same":[66],"design":[68],"equipment.":[70],"The":[71],"primary":[72],"objective":[73],"study":[76,105,273],"was":[77],"determine":[79],"usability":[81,200],"VR":[84,122,136,169,185,243,262,293],"in":[87,102,134,241,246,277,315],"terms":[88,278],"functionality":[90],"sense":[92,226,284],"presence.":[94],"Methods:":[95],"Paramedics":[96],"were":[97,159,177,235],"invited":[98],"take":[100],"part":[101],"involved":[107],"them":[108],"attending":[109],"15-minute":[111],"presentation":[112],"about":[113],"safety":[115],"ergonomics,":[117],"familiarise":[118],"themselves":[119],"equipment":[123],"(),":[124],"position":[125],"or":[137],"setting":[139,244],"(and":[140],"vice":[141],"versa),":[142],"complete":[144],"questionnaire":[146],"corresponding":[147],"task":[150],"completed":[151],"adapted":[153],"from":[154,212],"existing":[156],"tool.":[157],"They":[158],"unknowingly":[160],"timed":[161],"during":[162],"activities":[164],"inside":[165],"comparative":[172],"Results:":[174],"Twenty-seven":[175],"participants":[176,194],"recruited,":[178],"77.8%":[179],"whom":[181],"no":[183],"prior":[184],"experience.":[186],"On":[187],"7-point":[189],"Likert":[190],"scale":[191],"questionnaire,":[192],"scored":[195],"aspects":[198],"(ease":[201],"grabbing":[203],"elements,":[204,209],"ease":[205,215,280],"recognising":[207],"fixed/movable":[208],"distinguishing":[210],"close":[211],"far":[213],"objects,":[214],"\u201cplaying\u201d":[217],"game\u2026)":[219],"5.59":[221],"6.26":[223],"their":[225,316],"presence":[228,286],"as":[229,304],"6.11":[230],"(SD":[231],"=":[232,253,259],"1.121).":[233],"Participants":[234],"faster":[236],"arranging":[237],"than":[245],"one":[249],"(8.78":[250],"min,":[251,257],"SD":[252,258],"4.47":[254],"versus":[255],"13.05":[256],"5.04).":[260],"Conclusion:":[261],"technology":[263],"potential":[265],"applications":[266],"are":[267],"rapidly":[269],"developing.":[270],"This":[271,290],"shows":[274],"promising":[275],"results":[276],"use":[282],"paramedics.":[289],"demonstrates":[291],"used":[296,312],"interactive":[298],"familiarisation":[299],"environment":[302],"such":[303],"assist":[314],"design.":[317]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2021-09-27T00:00:00"}