The Anesthesia Crisis Scenario Builder for Authoring Anesthesia Crisis-Based Simulations

摘要

In this article, we present the anesthesia crisis scenario builder (ACSB) framework prototype that allows for the development of (or modification of existing) anesthesia crisis resource management-based virtual simulations. The ACSB framework was developed specifically to allow medical educators, who may have a limited (if any) programming/software development background, to replicate and edit anesthesia scenarios based on preprogrammed steps from the anesthetic crisis manual. The scenarios can be developed simply and intuitively using a graphical user interface. Results of a preliminary study examining the usability of the ACSB framework indicate the ease of creating a crisis scenario with limited, if any, programming knowledge.