Training

A fire drill in a hospital means shutting the whole hospital down. It happens once a year, it costs a lot, and half the staff experience it as an interruption. In virtual reality that same drill runs as many times as needed, on each person’s own shift, without moving anyone from their post.

That is exactly what we built for the Hospital de Tierra de Barros: a recreation of the centre where staff rehearse the response to emergencies. The project was done together with Plena Inclusión Extremadura, and includes a proposal for adapted signage designed by the organisation so that people with cognitive disabilities can understand it.

The saving is not the only advantage. In a simulator you can trigger the mistake on purpose, let it happen and examine it afterwards. In real life, you cannot.