The potential impact of 3D telepresence technology on task performance in emergency trauma care

TY - GEN

T1 - The potential impact of 3D telepresence technology on task performance in emergency trauma care

AU - Söderholm, Hanna M.

AU - Sonnenwald, Diane H.

AU - Cairns, Bruce

AU - Manning, James E.

AU - Welch, Greg F.

AU - Fuchs, Henry

PY - 2007/12/1

Y1 - 2007/12/1

N2 - Emergency trauma is a major health problem worldwide. To evaluate the potential of emerging 3D telepresence technology for facilitating paramedic - physician collaboration while providing emergency medical trauma care we conducted a between-subjects post-test experimental lab study. During a simulated emergency situation 60 paramedics diagnosed and treated a trauma victim while working alone or in collaboration with a physician via 2D video or a 3D proxy. Analysis of paramedics' task performance shows that the fewest harmful procedures occurred in the 3D proxy condition. Paramedics in the 3D proxy condition also reported higher levels of self-efficacy. These results indicate 3D telepresence technology has potential to improve paramedics' performance of complex emergency medical tasks and improve emergency trauma health care when designed appropriately.

AB - Emergency trauma is a major health problem worldwide. To evaluate the potential of emerging 3D telepresence technology for facilitating paramedic - physician collaboration while providing emergency medical trauma care we conducted a between-subjects post-test experimental lab study. During a simulated emergency situation 60 paramedics diagnosed and treated a trauma victim while working alone or in collaboration with a physician via 2D video or a 3D proxy. Analysis of paramedics' task performance shows that the fewest harmful procedures occurred in the 3D proxy condition. Paramedics in the 3D proxy condition also reported higher levels of self-efficacy. These results indicate 3D telepresence technology has potential to improve paramedics' performance of complex emergency medical tasks and improve emergency trauma health care when designed appropriately.

KW - 3D telepresence

KW - Collaboration

KW - Emergency Medicine

KW - Evaluation

KW - Self-efficacy

KW - Task Performance

KW - Video-conferencing

U2 - 10.1145/1316624.1316636

DO - 10.1145/1316624.1316636

M3 - Article in proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:52249114016

SN - 9781595938459

SP - 79

EP - 88

BT - GROUP'07 - Proceedings of the 2007 International ACM Conference on Supporting Group Work

ER -