ABSTRACT
NARCAN (naloxone) is effective in minutes and can restore normal breathing and save the life of a person who has overdosed with opioids. The reversal of opioid overdose by layperson administration of naloxone has a 75–100% success rate. The growing availability and promotion of community-based naloxone administration have led to a need to educate the public on recognizing an overdose and properly administering naloxone. The cinematic virtual reality (cine-VR) naloxone experience is a seven-minute, fifteen-second immersive video experience used as a teaching strategy for laypersons to increase opioid overdose awareness and knowledge about suspected overdose response. Students from thirteen disciplines piloted the cine-VR naloxone proof-of-concept. The volunteer participants completed the pre-brief, viewed the cine-VR naloxone, participated in a debrief, and then participated in focus groups of four-to-eight participants. The financial impact is undoubtedly something that one needs to consider when planning and creating a cine-VR for healthcare education.
