A plane crashes into a chemical plant. Scattered amid the smoking wreckage lie the bodies of the dead and wounded.
Nurse-in-training Adam Nelson approaches each survivor. But instead of speaking to the victims, Nelson clicks on their images. A text box appears on Nelson's computer screen, listing each patient's symptoms.
Nelson is learning "triage" skills through a Second Life disaster simulation, part of the
University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh's online bachelors program in nursing.
Second Life is a virtual world where users interact in real time with each other, using three-dimensional versions of themselves, called avatars.
