Institut Narcís Xifra

First Aid in VR: practice emergencies before they happen

National project · Healthcare emergency training

3: ages
Real: protocols
Live: teamwork

The context

A nationwide effort to modernise how emergencies are taught

Coordinated by the Institut Narcís Xifra, this national project rethought how healthcare emergencies are taught in vocational training, with MetaMedicsVR building the immersive simulations at its heart.

You can't rehearse a real emergency.

Theory is taught well; what can’t be reproduced is the urgency and pressure of a real emergency. Mannequins help, but they are scarce and rarely recreate the chaos of a critical situation.

The scenarios

A library of emergency scenarios in VR

Built on real healthcare protocols and repeatable on demand: adult, paediatric and neonatal.

Adult CPR

Neonatal cases

Using the AED

Airway obstruction

Advanced CPR

Calling for help

In the classroom

Train as a team, then review what happened

Nursing students practising patient care together in a simulation classroom

A person wearing a virtual reality headset during an immersive training session

Hands demonstrating chest compressions on a resuscitation training manikin

Why it matters

Repetition without risk, where it counts most

The simulations are collaborative — several students enter at once and coordinate by voice — and each session ends with automated reports and a replay. Every learner gets the practice time that scarce mannequins and limited placements rarely allow.

If you recognise your own situation here, let's talk about how it could work for you.

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