TY - JOUR AU - Dubovsky, Steven L. AU - Antonius, Daniel AU - Ellis, David G. AU - Ceusters, Werner AU - Sugarman, Robert C. AU - Roberts, Renee AU - Kandifer, Sevie AU - Phillips, James AU - Daurignac, Elsa C. AU - Leonard, Kenneth E. AU - Butler, Lisa D. AU - Castner, Jessica P. AU - Richard Braen, G. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/01/03 TI - A preliminary study of a novel emergency department nursing triage simulation for research applications JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 15 VL - 10 IS - 1 AB - Studying the effect on functioning of the emergency department of disasters with a potential impact on staff members themselves usually involves table top and simulated patient exercises. Computerized virtual reality simulations have the potential to configure a variety of scenarios to determine likely staff responses and how to address them without intensive utilization of resources. To decide whether such studies are justified, we determined whether a novel computer simulation has the potential to serve as a valid and reliable model of on essential function in a busy ED. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-016-2337-3 DO - 10.1186/s13104-016-2337-3 ID - Dubovsky2017 ER -