'Your Heart in Their Hands, or Your Hands in Their Heart' - exploring perspectives through simulation (360G-Wellcome-095330_Z_11_Z)

£29,120

The role of technology in clinical care is growing at a dizzying pace, and the treatment of many serious conditions has been revolutionised by new techniques and procedures. This project explores the potential of simulation to recreate and present one high-tech procedure (coronary angiography) for public engagement. Development by a multidisciplinary team will culminate in a series performances targeted at selected groups. Heart attacks kill over 100,000 people every year in the UK. Many people with sudden chest pain now undergo coronary angioplasty within an hour of calling for help. A flexible wire is inserted into a blood vessel in the groin under local anaesthetic, threaded up into the heart, then used in conjunction with miniature balloons to dilate narrowed sections of coronary artery. Although routine to clinicians, this can be a frightening experience for the patient, who is conscious during the entire procedure. Patients seldom know what they should expect, and their perspective is entirely different from that of the clinical team and can easily be undervalued. This project will use highly realistic physical simulation to present an angiography suite as a performance space. The simulation will offer two simultaneous perspectives- the patient's and the clinician's. By making a closed world (of clinical practice) accessible to lay audiences, a fascinating yet scary environment will be opened for inspection. In the process we hope that complex technology will be demystified, at the same time as exploring its potential for artistic expression. Evaluation and dissemination are integral to the project's design.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 29120
Applicant Surname Kneebone
Approval Committee Small Arts Awards Funding Committee
Award Date 2011-01-12T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2010/11
Grant Programme: Title People Award
Internal ID 095330/Z/11/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Roger Kneebone
Other Applicant(s) Dr Fernando Bello, Mr Cian Plumbe
Partnership Value 29120
Planned Dates: End Date 2013-12-22T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2011-05-23T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region Greater London