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Practise before it matters.

Valkyrie is a VR simulator for health professionals: nurses, specialist training and health workers. You practise life-critical tasks in safe, virtual surroundings.

The Valkyrie menu: a light panel with the buttons Scenario, Settings, Controls and About Valkyrie, floating over a green island under a blue sky
The menu island, where every session starts. All images are screenshots from the development version.

How it works

  • Together in one room

    The teacher and up to five students share the same simulation and go through the scenario together.

  • The patient changes

    The patient gets worse on their own if nobody steps in. The monitor alarms, and the patient breathes, changes colour and closes their eyes.

  • Reflection afterwards

    Afterwards comes the debrief, with the timeline on the board: what happened, and when?

  • A patient room in Valkyrie seen from the door, with bed, ventilator, monitor and procedure carts
    The room
  • A patient in bed with ECG electrodes and an IV stand beside the bed
    The patient
  • A board in the room with the session timeline: what was done, and when
    The timeline for the debrief

Scenarios

These are the scenarios in Valkyrie today. They are drafts until health professionals have approved them.

  1. Acute deterioration in intensive care – systematic ABCDE
  2. Hand hygiene and gloves – before, during and after
  3. Hypoglycaemia in older people with diabetes
  4. COPD exacerbation on the ward: oxygen to target
  5. Ventilated patient desaturates: DOPE
  6. Post-operative wound care – aseptic technique

Why VR

Much of what health workers need to master is hard to practise: rare situations, high pace, and patients you cannot afford to make mistakes on. In VR you can do the same thing many times, try and fail, and get feedback straight away.

  • Safe to make mistakes – no patients at risk
  • The same situation can be practised as often as needed
  • Several people practise together, and learn from the debrief afterwards

The name

In Norse mythology, Eir is the foremost healer among the gods. Some sources also count her among the valkyries. Valkyrie stands for protection and care – being there when it matters.

Made byHugin & Munin Solutions

Valkyrie is in development. Are you a teacher, programme leader or health professional who would like to help shape it? We would love to hear from you.

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