Simulations for Mechanical Ventilation in Children: Review and Future Prospects

Table 1

Different types of simulators available in 2012.

Different simulators	Aim
	Teaching		Ventilator; performance	Ventilatory; effect forecast	Ventilation; management advisor	Research and; development	Adult	Child
	Physiology	Ventilation
Mechanics simulators
Homemade [8–11]		√	√				√	√
PneuView*		√	√				√	√
ASL5000**		√	√				√	√
Series 1101***		√	√				√	NA
Ventilator simulators
Virtual ventilator [17]		√					√	NA
Purchasing decision tool			√				√	NA
Evita_trainer^†		√					√	√
Mechanical ventilation simulator		√					√	√
Physiology cardiorespiratory simulators
MacPuf [18]	√						√	√
HUMAN [19]	√						√	NA
VentSim [20]				√	√		√	NA
SimuVent [22]	√	√				√	√	NA
Nottingham physiology simulator (NPS) [24]				√			√	NA
Intelligent ventilator [29]				√	√		√	NA
VO2.htm [23]	√						√	NA
SOPAVent [21]				√	√		√	NA
NPS + Matlab [25]				√			√	NA
ARDS simulator [26]	√	NA					√	NA
SimulResp [33]	√	√		√	√	√	√	√
High-fidelity patient simulators
SimMan^‡		√					√	√
Human patient simulator^‡‡		√					√	√

Nonexhaustive list. NA: information not available. *Michigan Instruments Inc., Grand Rapids, US. **IngMar Medical, Ltd., Pittsburgh, US. ***Hans Rudolph, Inc., Shawnee, US. ^†Draeger, Siegen, Germany. ^‡Laerdal Medical, Stavanger, Norway. ^‡‡CAE Healthcare, Montreal, Canada.