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About The Course:

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator or S-ICD implant involves the placement of an electronic medical device under the skin to prevent sudden cardiac complications. Doctors recommend it in patients with certain cardiac conditions requiring heart rhythm monitoring. This is a relatively less invasive procedure compared to the transvenous approach. The S-ICD contains only one lead that runs under the patient’s skin, carries lesser risks of complications, and is easy to replace or remove.

This multiplayer VR session on S-ICD implantation is designed to help learners perform and practice the procedure on a virtual patient. Practicing in VR provides realistic experiences, helps build muscle memory and gain confidence.

Learning Objective:
  • Identify appropriate landmarks
  • Surgically create lateral and medial subcutaneous pockets
  • Tunnel a subcutaneous lead in the appropriate orientation
  • Secure the lead and attach it to the S-ICD device
  • Insert the device in the pocket and close the surgical field
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Created in partnership with Heart Rhythm Society.

Customize Your Program
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MedVR Education is bringing to you in-VR customization that will enable you to customize your procedural simulations by making selections from a range of feature choices.

  • Select patient from a diverse background
  • Choose preferred virtual environment
  • Select equipment used in the procedure
  • Modify difficulty level of the assessment mode
  • …..many more to come
  • Multi-player
    Sessions
  • Physics-based Interaction

Core Skills Training

Patient Preparation

Following proper preparation steps is very important to ensure a safe and successful procedure. In this Patient Preparation module, the incision marks are made to identify the exact location. Using a chlorhexidine sponge stick the patient’s surgical field is thoroughly scrubbed to avoid any chances of infection. Having done so the patient is sterile draped, leaving only the surgical field exposed to carry out the procedure. Local anesthetic is administered at the incision sites using syringes. The patient is now ready for the surgical procedure.

Surgical Procedure

In the Surgical Procedure module, the learner starts with making an incision and removing fat layers between serratus anterior and latissimus dorsi. A pocket is created within the muscle layers to house the ICD device. The learner is required to make an incision on the chest, create anchoring sutures, correctly place the electrodes and the ICD device, and connect the electrodes to the device. Every step is meticulously performed to familiarize the learner with the process, build muscle memory, and gain confidence in performing it.

Training

With prompts, guidance and affordances learners are hand-held through the process to practice the procedure in a virtual environment with a virtual patient.  

  • Photorealistic virtual environment
  • Physics-based interactions
  • Detailed instructions
  • Adequate affordances to assist in task completion

Assessment

Test acquired skills to perform the procedures from start to finish without prompts. An incorrect step will take the learner back to the start to start afresh.  

  • Live scoring
  • Instant feedback
  • Adequate affordances for efficient performance
  • Time tracking to monitor activity completion