Simulation training in disaster medicine. Interesting perspectives from new technologies

This study aimed to assess medical students’ acute stress responses and performance during a virtual reality (VR) high-stress scenario of a simulated mass casualty incident compared to a VR low-stress scenario. It is hypothesized that a highly stressful VR scenario leads to increase stress responses, as measured by subjective anxiety and modification of blood pressure, heart activity, respiratory rate and body temperature, and decreases the performance in managing the simulated mass casualty event and performing mass casualty triage.