Teaching high quality paediatric basic life support to laypeople: The development and evaluation of a virtual simulation game

Background: Self-directed training has been recognized as a reasonable alternative to traditional instructor-led formats to teach laypeople Basic Life Support (BLS). Virtual tools can facilitate high-quality self-directed resuscitation education; however, their role in teaching paediatric BLS remains unclear due to limited empiric evaluation and suboptimal design of existing tools. Aim: We describe the development and evaluation of a virtual …