VIDEO - The way firefighters and paramedics undergo training is changing and now entering virtual reality. Instead of working with a dummy, students face a more realistic scenario as they are armed with a headset and a cursor. Robert Moore is the CEO of Virtual Education Systems, which has partnered with the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department to provide EMS assessments using virtual reality. This kind of training is the first of its kind. “We’re using virtual reality to assess their competency in managing an emergency patient case,” explained Moore. The system contains 48 different cases both in the hospital and pre-hospital. The company’s CEO says trainees can pretty much treat the person on video the same as they would a real patient.