title: Virtual Airway Skills Trainer (VAST) Simulator.
abstract: This paper presents a simulation of Virtual Airway Skill Trainer (VAST) tasks. The simulated tasks are a part of two main airway management techniques; Endotracheal Intubation (ETI) and Cricothyroidotomy (CCT). ETI is a simple nonsurgical airway management technique, while CCT is the extreme surgical alternative to secure the airway of a patient. We developed identification of Mallampati class, finding the optimal angle for positioning pharyngeal/mouth axes tasks for ETI and identification of anatomical landmarks and incision tasks for CCT. Both ETI and CCT simulators were used to get physicians' feedback at Society for Education in Anesthesiology and Association for Surgical Education spring meetings. In this preliminary validation study, total 38 participants for ETI and 48 for CCT performed each simulation task and completed pre and post questionnaires. In this work, we present the details of the simulation for the tasks and also the analysis of the collected data from the validation study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Central Arkansas.
authors.forename: Doga
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demirel
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Central Arkansas.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Central Arkansas.
authors.forename: Tansel
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authors.lastname: Halic
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.
authors.forename: Ganesh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sankaranarayanan
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ryason
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, Wright State University.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Spindler
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Kathryn L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering, Wright State University.
authors.forename: Caroline
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authors.lastname: Cao
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Emil
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authors.lastname: Petrusa
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute.
authors.forename: Suvranu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: De
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demoya
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D000070856:High Fidelity Simulation Training / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface