Abstract
Emergency Department staff must possess the complex knowledge and skills necessary to competently care for critically injured patients. Providing meaningful and ongoing educational opportunities to assist nurses and EMTs with maintaining trauma competency is challenging. Passive education via lecture doesn't meet the needs of most adult learners who instead seek active learning experiences. An escape room was designed and implemented as an educational tool with the objective of engaging staff in an interactive learning environment to increase knowledge and skills requisite when caring for trauma patients. Based on learning needs assessment, other specific objectives identified were massive transfusion protocol, locating supplies in the trauma room, and familiarity with resources available in the trauma room.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Education, Escape Room, Active Learning
Recommended Citation
Bianco, Julie; Elliott, Courtney; and Loresto, Figaro Jr., "Breakout of the box: Innovative education using an escape room" (2020). General Submissions: Presenations (Oral and Poster). 85.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/gen_sub_presentations/2019/posters/85
Conference Name
Emergency Nursing 2019
Conference Host
Emergency Nurses Association
Conference Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Conference Year
2019
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Breakout of the box: Innovative education using an escape room
Austin, Texas, USA
Emergency Department staff must possess the complex knowledge and skills necessary to competently care for critically injured patients. Providing meaningful and ongoing educational opportunities to assist nurses and EMTs with maintaining trauma competency is challenging. Passive education via lecture doesn't meet the needs of most adult learners who instead seek active learning experiences. An escape room was designed and implemented as an educational tool with the objective of engaging staff in an interactive learning environment to increase knowledge and skills requisite when caring for trauma patients. Based on learning needs assessment, other specific objectives identified were massive transfusion protocol, locating supplies in the trauma room, and familiarity with resources available in the trauma room.