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2018–2020

Managing emergency services

Research Project
S. Chaabane, AM Etienne, M Schyns, A Wagener
Research title
Impact of Virtual Reality on Stress Level and Sense of Competence in Ambulance Workers
Development
Service Informatique de Gestion

Virtual reality (VR) exposure is one of the tools used in clinical psychology to treat anxiety disorders. It is also used to enhance the resilience of soldiers by confronting them with virtual combat environments. Increasing their resilience could strengthen them against the negative consequences of trauma exposure or the suffering experienced by people they rescued. Most studies focused on military and emergency medical personnel but none has so far investigated ambulance workers' experience (AW) while they are daily confronted with traumatic situations. The current study aims to assess the impact of a single VR exposure session on AW' competence and stress.