title: Simulator-Based Air Medical Training Program Christoph Life: From Concept to Course.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Christoph Life is a simulator-based air medical training program and a new and innovative educational concept. Participants pass different scenarios with a fully equipped and movable helicopter simulator. Main focuses of the program are crew resource management (CRM) elements and team training. Information about expectations end effectiveness of the training is sparse.
  
  
  METHODS
  During a 2-day training, participants learn CRM basics and complete various emergency medical scenarios. For evaluation, we used an anonymous questionnaire either with polar questions or a 6-coded psychometric Likert scale. The Wilcoxon test was used for statistical analysis. The significance level was set at P < .05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirteen teams of emergency physicians and specially trained paramedics underwent Christoph Life. It was evaluated largely positively and considered very helpful for daily work (5.7 ± 0.5) and avoiding mistakes (5.7 ± 0.5). The quality of participants' knowledge about CRM basics (3.5 ± 1.2 vs. 5.4 ± 0.7, P < .001), self-assessment of communication skills (4.2 ± 0.7 vs. 4.8 ± 0.8, P = .02), and active reflection of communication aspects (3.9 ± 0.9 vs. 5.5 ± 0.5, P < .001) could be strikingly increased.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a considerable demand for intensified training on the part of the users. We were able to show that a simulator-based air medical training program is a helpful training tool with an obvious subjective benefit for the participants' nontechnical skills.
authors.affiliation: Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Electronic address: winkelmann.marcel@mh-hannover.de.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winkelmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.affiliation: Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schröter
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flemming
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Hendrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eismann
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Lion
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sieg
authors.affiliation: Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mommsen
authors.affiliation: Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Krettek
authors.affiliation: Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zeckey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017732:Air Ambulances; D003142:Communication; D000067498:Crew Resource Management, Healthcare; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010820:Physicians; D000066908:Simulation Training / Q000379:methods*; D014187:Transportation of Patients