Personal Protective Equipment training for COVID-19

COVID-19 is emerging globally and has already taken so many lives. Physicians and nurses need to train how to wear and remove PPE! The appropriate use of PPE is the main tool to stop the spread!

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The problem your project solves

More than 4.6 million physicians and nurses in the EU are on the frontline fighting COVID-19, reaching more than 59 million healthcare workers worldwide. Up to 14% of the healthcare personnel have been infected during pandemics reaching more than 100 deaths in Italy yesterday. All frontline personnel should have easy access to educational training materials and be provided these materials and resources as part of their mandated hazard certification.

The solution you bring to the table

In support of improved training efforts, Exonicus pros in medical simulation training in collaboration with medical professionals of the Rigas Stradins University, University of Latvia, Karolinska Institute and University of Washington have added a new PPE module with a dressing room, gown-up and de-gowning PPE procedures for a technician, nurse, or physician. In this module, we designed a Training and Simulation mode with data being recorded for grading and positive feedback.

This training module addresses the serious nature of a potential viral contagion such as Covid-19 and is applicable to any biosafety level 3 conditions. This educational video and simulator training module is based on the latest and most current information, and has been validated and supported by members of the International Board of the American College of Emergency Physicians, members of the Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine, and officials from the World Health Organization (WHO).

What you have done during the weekend

We completed a software and created a call to action for European nations to localize Covid-19 PPE training for healthcare workers and to deliver it to frontline medics - long-awaited help to fight COVID-19 pandemics.

During the hackathon we added scenario YELLOW, WHITE and polished an algorithm for Covid-19 PPE RED (confirmed patient with infection) based on previous research, instruction video and feedback from Latvian healthcare professionals.

Our team of 15 students of the Riga Technical University, Riga Business School, Rigas Stradins University, University of Latvia, University of Latvia Paul Stradins Medical College and University of Liepaja analyzed challenges of fragmented EU single market and hard to get into Western European healthcare markets. Reviewed options on how to position the product, communicate, make friends and get the product into hands of frontline medics in Western European Union countries. We created a plan for a pitch to ask help to European Commission. Also, we created a low cost campaign to engage with healthcare communities across Western Europe.

We communicated the solution to Madigan Army Medical Center researchers who highly value Latvian medical experts, scientists and engineers and are investigating PPE training impact on healthcare worker safety and how to stop the spread of Covid-19. We talked to Latvian University and Riga Stradins University, and discussed option for Pan-European research. We communicated the software module to American College of Emergency Physicians International Board, members of Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine and people at the World Health Organization (WHO).

The solution’s impact to the crisis

With our solution we are going to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of healthcare professionals across European Union and overseas.

The necessities in order to continue the project

We need help to localize (languages) and certify the product with European Ministry of Health authorities and medical training centers in order to deliver the product to other European nations as quickly as possible. Software development resources are needed to add Covid-19 patient clinical uses cases based on latest data from across the Europe for improved training to resuscitate and stabilize the patient when in ICU.

We would appreciate a help by European foreign ministries, embassies or economic development agencies to sign a letter for W.H.O to get the training system in hands of frontline healthcare professionals and students all around the globe right now. 

The value of your solution after the crisis

There is a global shortage of healthcare workers. The World Health Organization estimates there will be a healthcare workforce gap of around 14.5 million by 2030. Our solution is capable to scale medical education, increase accessibility and mobility of medical training and help to fight emerging infectious diseases in the future!

The URL to the prototype

Demo video - https://youtu.be/Ofhzrhgq04A Try yourself - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1169340/Trauma_Simulator/ Web site https://traumasimulator.com/blogs/news/covid-19-ppe-training-scenario

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