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Relive: A serious game to learn how to save lives

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 85; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.03.306

1873-1570

Federico Semeraro, Antonio Frisoli, Giuseppe Ristagno, Claudio Loconsole, Luca Marchetti, Andrea Scapigliati, Tommaso Pellis, Niccolò Grieco, Erga Cerchiari,

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A recent review has provided evidence in support of new and alternative methods for CPR training.1Yeung J. Okamoto D. Soar J. Perkins G.D. AED training and its impact on skill acquisition, retention and performance – a systematic review of alternative training methods.Resuscitation. 2011; 82 ([Epub 31 March 2011]): 657-664Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (64) Google Scholar Among these, are the "serious games", which are applications developed using computer game technologies more often associated with entertainment, but characterized by a serious purpose. Indeed, during the last decade, many serious games have been developed and used successfully in the field of health, including training of both technical and non-technical skills relevant to the surgical area.2Graafland M. Schraagen J.M. Schijven M.P. Systematic review of serious games for medical education and surgical skills training.Br J Surg. 2012; 99: 1322-1330Crossref PubMed Scopus (358) Google Scholar The Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC) has implemented a serious game for the Viva! Campaign 20133Cerchiari E.L. Grieco N. Pellis T. Ristagno G. Scapigliati A. Semeraro F. Social networks as a tool to promote the week of cardiac arrest awareness "Viva!" in Italy.Resuscitation. 2013; 84: e85-e86Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (5) Google Scholar called Viva! Game (http://www.viva2013.it/viva-game). Viva! Game is a serious game directed to kids and young adults. It served as a tool to create awareness on cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in a soft and enjoyable way. The game has different scenarios, i.e. school, home, stadium, through which the player needs to interact. More specifically, during the development of the story, the player finds himself in the need to perform a high quality chest compression to save another character from cardiac arrest. Viva! CPR (http://www.viva2013.it/vivacpr) is an application for real time feedback on chest compression quality created for smartphones directed to general population to increase awareness and knowledge about chest compression only manoeuvres. The number of downloads of Viva! Game and Viva! CPR during the Viva! Campaign 2013 was around 10,000 (Table 1). For the Viva! Campaign 2014, the Italian Resuscitation Council developed a new and more ambitious project called "Relive" game. Relive is a serious game focusing on CPR with the main purpose of increasing kids and young adults' awareness on CPR and prompting them to attend CPR classes and be prepared to intervene in case of cardiac arrest. Relive is a first person 3D adventure taking place on planet Mars, in a near future. The game is divided into two different playing modes: a tournament mode and a story mode. The tournament mode is a ready-to-play simulated emergency scene, taken from selected game scenes, where the player faces different rescue situations and can test the quality of his CPR, directly. The player can also challenge his friends directly in a score run, where the score identifies the CPR manoeuvres accuracy. In the story mode, instead, the player is forced to achieve a high quality standard of CPR manoeuvres in order to move forward in the story. To keep the CPR skills razor sharp and for a fun and fast CPR challenge, a tournament mode will encourage group play. Families, schools and groups will challenge themselves to beat the best score. Based on the motion detection technology, previously published,4Semeraro F. Frisoli A. Loconsole C. et al.Motion detection technology as a tool for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) quality training: a randomised crossover mannequin pilot study.Resuscitation. 2013; 84: 501-507Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (36) Google Scholar Relive is intended as a tool for a new way to learn CPR. Relive will be part of the 2014 cardiac arrest awareness week in Italy and will be a free downloadable game, available in Italian, English, and Dutch. In conclusion, serious games like Relive are extremely promising for resuscitation trainers and educator communities as a tool for spreading important messages to the lay public.Table 1Viva! game and Viva! CPR download.Viva! gameViva! CPRiOS32972582Android11232612Web454NAOverall48745194 Open table in a new tab Federico Semeraro, Giuseppe Ristagno, Andrea Scapigliati, Tommaso Pellis, Niccolò Grieco and Erga L. Cerchiari are members of the Viva! and IRC Scientific Committee. Italian Resuscitation Council received a no-profit grant to build a no profit serious games from CZ Health Insurance Netherlands. Mini-VREM team is the winner of the Future of Health Award 2012. The award is a joint initiative of CZ healthcare insurance and Games for Health Europe.