Review Article
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‡‡ | | √ | | | | | √ | √ |
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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.
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