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.