HandsAR ResQ: hands-only CPR with AED through augmented reality

Emergencies can happen anywhere and anytime, and CPR skills are needed in these moments. To ensure that individuals are prepared to respond effectively in emergency situations, learning about CPR can provide many benefits. However, some challenges have prevented people from practicing this skill in real-life emergencies because people forget how to perform CPR. This project, called HandsAR ResQ, tries to help individuals learn or retain their CPR skills that easily can be accessed using Android smartphones or tablets. According to the study, most of the problems are because most existing programs do not support acquiring or retaining high-quality CPR. Over time, individuals may forget or become less proficient in performing CPR, which can be a critical problem in real-life emergencies. This project is intended to enhance the training and retention rates of Hands-Only CPR with AED procedures. This project aimed to develop an effective AR platform that offers CPR training scenarios. The methodology used for the development in this project is the Iterative/Incremental Model. MAR Device and MAR Task from MAR Framework were also implemented in this project. An evaluation of the application’s effectiveness was conducted using a pre- and post-analysis. This is to evaluate whether HandsAR ResQ really can help them in retain CPR steps through a Theoretical Capability to Perform CPR questionnaire. The results show that the project succeeded as all of the respondents’s scores increase after using HandsAR ResQ. Future research should aim to develop this project to make it available on other operating systems, not only Android.