3D procedures manual included in the app Arsim2care

Abstract

This manual has been developed within the “ARsim2care: Augmented reality application in clinical simulation” Project funded by the European Union Erasmus + Program, and it is one of the project’s intellectual outputs. The Project has been developed working with three European higher education institutions, Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra (ESEnfC), Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EhB) and the Public University of Navarre (UPNA), and the Industrial Augmented Reality (iAR) company. The main aim of this project is to develop an Augmented Reality (AR) software that, combined with clinical simulation anatomical models, lets students work on technical skills for performing invasive clinical procedures, helping them visualise internal anatomical structures (App ARsim2care). The procedures compiled in this manual are included in the ARSim2Care App: endotracheal intubation, arterial blood sampling, intramuscular injection, nasogastric tube insertion and suctioning via a tracheostomy tube. This manual includes the detailed description of each procedure, as well as illustrating the key internal anatomical structures to be visualised by the student during their work. This information is not only presented in English but also in the project partners’ languages: Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch. The manual comes in a PDF electronic version with 3D content in an attempt to include 3D images to look at the figures interactively from the different anatomical views that have been included.