Ludus has recently launched a virtual reality platform with which to train first aid in the face of choking hazards. However, in Spain these have become the third external cause of death, after suicides and falls. In our country, eight people die every day as a result of this type of accident.
Now Ludus is going to put into practice an instructive simulation, which focuses mainly on experts in occupational risk prevention training and other groups such as emergency personnel. Mikel Cearsolo, general director of Ludus explained that “theoretical training with assumptions out loud can be limited by the lack of realism. In addition, training with virtual reality enhances retention in the medium and long term, since, when feeling in a real emergency situation, motivation grows”.
Virtual reality for first aid training
From the Basque company they consider that Training with a virtual reality application has advantages that are not offered by other training modalities. Ludus does not provide this instruction but rather puts technology at the service of other companies and professionals so that first aid training is much more dynamic and complete.
With the Ludus First Aid module, the trainer will be able to prepare students, such as in the Heimlich Maneuver, in a realistic and immersive environment, managing to promote motivation and retention to be able to face situations that occur in real lifeavoiding the well-known psychological blocks that occur in this type of emergency.
The program is so complete and real that the student will be the protagonist of the training, and it is that it allows training in different real situations such as partial obstruction, total obstruction or loss of consciousness and analyzes the performance according to parameters such as reaction time or mistakes made. In this way, the student is aware of the consequences of her actions.
The Basque company has announced that it will progressively update the module, in order to add new exercises to solve other situations that can occur in our lives such as training in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), choking in minors, burns, wounds, strokes or rescues in situations of electric shock.
Wide catalog
The Basque company is aware of the importance of visualization in the assimilation of some concepts, such as first aid. Visualization and simulation of the environment help learning. It is because of that The company already has more than 20 specialties with more than 500 practical exercises on occupational hazards and industrial trainingsuch as risk prevention in the plant, work at height or firefighting.
The expansion of Ludus is a fact and the company has managed to expand in 18 countries, thanks to its investment in IT development, such as in Mexico, which has companies such as Coca-Cola, Schneider Electric, Lego, BMW, Sodexo, Cemex or Faurecia. The success is such that, in the past year, the company gave approximately 22,000 training sessions to different clients, among which are firms such as Mahou, Bimbo, Ford, Ferrovial or Nestlé in Spain.
Ludus will participate in the next 23 ORP World Congress on Safety and Health at Work (OSH) that will take place between April 26 and 28 at the Euskalduna Palace in Bilbao. The congress is organized by the ORP Foundation in collaboration with the Osalan Basque Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Basque Government. The event will concentrate in this place the most relevant specialists on an international scale in the areas that affect the well-being of people.
