通过针对医护人员的交互式安全培训来应对COVID-19危机
Learn how digital studios are creating interactive training experiences to make an impact on COVID-19 healthcare workers. Check out the different WebGL experiences for those on the frontlines in the U.S. and U.K.
了解数字工作室如何创建交互式培训体验，以对COVID-19医护人员产生影响。 查看针对美国和英国前线人员的不同WebGL体验
Every day, doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel risk their lives caring for COVID-19 patients. Occupational exposure to this infectious pathogen can put workers in harm’s way: In some countries, 1 in 10 healthcare workers are infected with this new virus.
每天，医生，护士和其他医护人员冒着生命危险，需要照顾COVID-19患者。 在职业上接触这种传染性病原体可能会使工人受到伤害：在某些国家， 十分之一的医护人员感染了这种新病毒。
Because COVID-19 is primarily spread from person to person, proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is critical to staff and patient safety. Even a seemingly innocuous oversight like leaving a gown’s neck closure unfastened can carry severe consequences. To make matters worse, PPE shortages threaten to create additional challenges for healthcare providers. Leading U.K. doctors are concerned that inappropriately used equipment could be contributing to the issue. With such high stakes, effective training is key to ensuring medical staff follow PPE procedures and reduce the risk of infection. Yet a recent study revealed that only 63% of U.S. nurses say they have been trained on safely donning (i.e., putting on) and doffing (i.e., removing) PPE in the previous year.
由于COVID-19主要在人与人之间传播，因此正确使用个人防护设备(PPE)对员工和患者的安全至关重要。 即使是看似无害的疏忽，例如未拧紧长袍的脖子闭合，也可能造成严重后果。 更糟的是，PPE短缺可能给医疗保健提供者带来更多挑战。 英国主要医生担心， 使用不当的设备可能会导致此问题。 由于风险如此之高，有效的培训对于确保医务人员遵循个人防护设备程序并降低感染风险至关重要。 然而，最近的一项研究表明，只有63％的美国护士说，他们在上一年接受过安全穿戴(即穿上)和脱下(即去除)PPE的培训 。
A lack of training can contribute to human error, which can have devastating effects: A 2017 study found that healthcare personnel contaminated themselves removing full-body PPE in 66% of simulated instances. To promote greater safety among patients and personnel, healthcare officials across the globe identified a pressing need to create experiential training to complement existing resources.
缺乏培训可能会导致人为错误，从而造成毁灭性影响：2017年的一项研究发现，在66％的模拟实例中 ，医护人员污染了自己，去除了全身PPE。 为了在患者和人员中提高安全性，全球的卫生保健官员认为迫切需要开展体验式培训以补充现有资源 。
在简洁的时间表上创建交互式安全培训体验 (Creating an interactive safety training experience on a condensed timeline)
Headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, Immersion is a digital development studio that specializes in AR and VR experiences for enterprise and entertainment clients. Looking for ways to contribute to the fight against COVID-19, it jumped when an opportunity arose with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Employee Education System (EES). The resulting WebGL application provides an interactive, 12-step walkthrough for donning and doffing PPE.
Immersion总部位于波兰华沙，是一家数字开发工作室，专门为企业和娱乐客户提供AR和VR体验。 当寻找机会为对抗COVID-19做出贡献时，当美国退伍军人事务部(VA)和退伍军人健康管理局(VHA)雇员教育系统(EES)出现机会时，它就跳了起来。 最终的WebGL应用程序提供了一个交互式的12步骤演练，以穿戴和放下PPE。
It is featured on the VA website as a key resource for clinical crisis skills training for intensive care units (ICUs). The app has been shared with thousands of U.S. healthcare providers and workers and is particularly useful for servicemembers newly deployed to the pandemic frontlines.
VA 网站上有此功能，作为重症监护病房(ICU)临床危机技能培训的重要资源。 该应用程序已与成千上万的美国医疗保健提供者和工作人员共享，对于新部署到该流行病前线的服务成员特别有用。
“Personal protective equipment is healthcare workers’ main – if not only – line of defense,” said Immersion CEO Piotr Baczynski. “We believe that interactive, gamified training is an effective and accessible way to learn the most important elements of COVID-19 PPE safety procedures.”
Immersion首席执行官Piotr Baczynski说：“个人防护设备是医护人员的主要(甚至不仅是)防线。” “我们认为，互动式，游戏化的培训是学习COVID-19 PPE安全程序最重要要素的有效途径。”
对速度的需求 (A need for speed)
Given the current demands on the U.S. healthcare system, Immersion moved quickly to create the application. Consulting with experts at the VA, Immersion assembled a 16-person team – comprising developers, 3D modelers, animators and UI designers – and completed the majority of the project within just four days.
鉴于当前对美国医疗保健系统的需求，ImmersionSwift采取行动来创建该应用程序。 在与VA专家咨询后，Immersion组成了一个由16人组成的团队，包括开发人员，3D建模者，动画师和UI设计师，并在短短四天内完成了大部分项目。
The app covers 12 total interactive steps, including jewelry removal, handwashing, and donning and doffing two pairs of gloves, a gown, N95 respirator, and face shield. Live-action videos are also embedded into the experience to complement the animations.
该应用程序涵盖了12个总共的交互步骤，包括去除珠宝，洗手以及穿戴和脱卸两副手套，礼服，N95防毒面具和面罩。 实况视频也被嵌入到体验中以补充动画。
Unity’s real-time 3D development platform made it easy for the Immersion team to iterate rapidly and implement the VA and VHA EES’s feedback quickly during the approval process. Although the Immersion team specializes in AR/VR experiences, they were able to easily expand their skill set leveraging Unity’s broad platform support. They used Unity’s highly optimized WebGL build option to create a browser-based experience that would be easily accessible to the U.S. healthcare community.
Unity的实时3D开发平台使Immersion团队可以轻松快速地进行迭代，并在批准过程中快速实现VA和VHA EES的反馈。 尽管Immersion团队专注于AR / VR体验，但他们可以利用Unity的广泛平台支持轻松扩展其技能。 他们使用Unity高度优化的WebGL构建选项来创建基于浏览器的体验，美国医疗保健界可以轻松访问。
还有更多 (More to come)
Immersion plans to add more training scenarios to the current experience and also deploy iOS and Android applications. Since local networks at hospitals are often heavily protected by firewalls, limiting access to web experiences, a mobile app will give more healthcare workers a way to participate in the training. Immersion is also looking into bringing the app to other countries.
Immersion计划为当前的体验增加更多的培训方案，并部署iOS和Android应用程序。 由于医院的局域网经常受到防火墙的严格保护，限制了对Web体验的访问，因此移动应用程序将为更多的医护人员提供参加培训的方式。 Immersion也正在考虑将该应用程序带到其他国家。
在全球范围内应对同样的挑战 (Combatting the same challenge across the globe)
Tackling a similar issue in the U.K., an evidence-based simulation training company has developed supplementary online training for National Health Service (NHS) workers to help them learn PPE guidelines. U.K.-based Cineon Training has been developing PPE training for nuclear radiation safety for the last two years but were urged to repurpose the training to meet COVID-19 needs by the University of Exeter.
基于英国的类似问题，一家循证模拟培训公司为国家卫生局(NHS)工人开发了补充在线培训，以帮助他们学习PPE指南。 总部位于英国的Cineon Training在过去两年中一直在为核辐射安全开展PPE培训，但埃克塞特大学敦促将培训的用途重新调整以满足COVID-19的需求。
Their COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Training aims to provide free training using a gamified learning environment in low-spec (so that it can be accessed remotely). Built on Unity, the experience took just three weeks to complete – with only two weeks in development – by a team of sixteen with consultation from medical personnel.
他们的COVID-19个人防护装备(PPE)培训旨在利用低规格的游戏化学习环境提供免费培训(以便可以远程访问)。 在Unity的基础上，由16人组成的团队在医疗人员的咨询下，仅用了三周的时间就完成了开发工作，而开发工作仅用了两周的时间。
“PPE is obviously vitally important for protecting NHS staff, and our new training will help people better understand the Public Health England guidelines about using PPE. As NHS staff move around to different parts of hospitals, the PPE requirements change,” says Cineon’s Dr. Sam Vine. “This training will teach staff which PPE items are necessary in which contexts. It also teaches people the correct order for putting on and taking off PPE, to minimize infection risks.”
“ PPE显然对于保护NHS员工至关重要，我们的新培训将帮助人们更好地了解英格兰公共卫生有关使用PPE的准则。 随着NHS员工前往医院的不同地方，对PPE的要求也发生了变化。” Cineon的Sam Vine博士说。 “这次培训将教职员在哪些情况下需要哪些个人防护装备。 它还教人们穿上和脱下PPE的正确顺序，以最大程度地减少感染风险。”
Cineon’s application has already been tested by the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and has received requests from other hospital networks.
Cineon的应用程序已经由Royal Devon＆Exeter NHS Foundation Trust进行了测试，并已收到其他医院网络的请求。
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