Physiological synchrony, stress and communication of paramedic trainees during emergency response training

Vasundhara Misal, Surely Akiri, Sanaz Taherzadeh, Hannah McGowan, Gary Williams, J. Lee Jenkins, Helena Mentis, Andrea Kleinsmith

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Abstract

Paramedics play a critical role in society and face many high stress situations in their day-to-day work. Long-term unmanaged stress can result in mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Physiological synchrony - the unconscious, dynamic linking of physiological responses such as electrodermal activity (EDA) - have been linked to stress and team coordination. In this preliminary analysis, we examined the relationship between EDA synchrony, perceived stress and communication between paramedic trainee pairs during in-situ simulation training. Our initial results indicated a correlation between high physiological synchrony and social coordination and group processes. Moreover, communication between paramedic dyads was inversely related to physiological synchrony, i.e., communication increased during low synchrony segments of the interaction and decreased during high synchrony segments.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationICMI 2020 Companion - Companion Publication of the 2020 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages82-86
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781450380027
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 25 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2020 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, ICMI 2020 - Virtual, Online, Netherlands
Duration: Oct 25 2020Oct 29 2020

Publication series

NameICMI 2020 Companion - Companion Publication of the 2020 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction

Conference

Conference2020 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, ICMI 2020
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityVirtual, Online
Period10/25/2010/29/20

Keywords

  • Communication
  • Electrodermal activity
  • Physiological synchrony
  • Stress

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Hardware and Architecture

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