Augmented Reality based Mass Casualty Incident Training System

In this paper we introduce the first augmented reality based training system for Mass Casualty Incidents (MCI). Our system enables the trainees to train in the physical environment while the disaster related objects and events such as victims, fire, tornadoes are digitally overlaid in the Smartphone camera view using Augmented Reality (AR). Using this system the trainees can experience the real physical environment while saving the cost of setting up disaster related objects and events. We view that this AR based training will not replace MCI live training in real physical environments with physical disaster related objects and events but will facilitate more frequent training sessions at lower cost. Moreover, this system is more affordable than virtual reality based environments due to the high cost of designing virtual environments. In addition, this system provides the trainees a more realistic experience than virtual reality based training since the trainees train in the physical environment.