Lightning Talk: Designing for an EMERGENCY
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Do we understand the true reality of what someone who isn't a Healthcare Professional goes through when they open the packaging and prepare to use a medical device in an emergency? After decades of feeding into the design and development of these devices, I was unfortunately one of those people. If I hadn’t performed the use steps correctly, my little boy would have died.
How well suited are packaging designs for emergency use, and how well do they factor in the emotional, psychological, physiological, and cognitive condition someone experiences in an emergency.
Do formative and summative studies adequately simulate emergency scenarios when evaluating packaging designs?
Let's take a step back, hear from people who have first-hand experience using products such as glucagon pens and EpiPens, and design for emergencies.
