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The first responder training company has launched a new offering, designed to better prepare military medics for complex scenarios.
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Real Response has unveiled the BlueRoom Simulator — a “mixed reality” (MR) system designed to enable army, air force and navy medics to train with real medical equipment while navigating complex medical scenarios in a virtual environment.
BlueRoom Simulator leverages an MR headset, dubbed Varjo XR3, which allows medics to enter a virtual environment while still using their hands to interact with real world objects in the environment.
“BlueRoom reimagines the possibilities for simulation — a student can be placed into any environment and a trainer can manipulate the scene and adjust the patient’s condition all while the student is performing interventions using their own hands with real equipment,” co-founder of Real Response and a registered paramedic, Ben Krynski said.
“This is truly revolutionary.”
According to Real Response, BlueRoom Simulator allows medics to practice in “high value” environments at a “small fraction of the cost”.
Examples include enabling medics to insert an IV and draw up drugs in the back of a C130J Hercules, while flying across the Pacific Ocean.
Other scenarios could involve inserting a chest tube while preparing to take-off with a patient in the back of a Blackhawk UH-60.
Solution architect Dale Linegar said the Blueroom Simulator can also be used to address training problems in other industries, including mining and telecommunications.
“You can do practical, hands-on training in environments that might otherwise be dangerous, expensive or impractical, such as working at heights, or in confined spaces,” Linegar said.
[Related: Real Response develops defence training program using virtual reality and biometrics]
