Wholebody Simulator Connected With Lung Simulator for Educational Purposes

Abstract

The modern trend is to include the novel equipment into the education. The ASL 5000 is a precise simulator of lung mechanics with possible settings of a large amount of intrapulmonary parameters. The ECS simulator can simulate gas diffusion from the lungs to the blood and vice versa, and computes blood pH, partial pressures of blood gases, oxygen saturation etc. This study describes a connection between these two simulators with regard to the optimal use of the properties of both simulators. This connection enables monitoring of lung mechanics and gas diffusion at the same time. The aim of the study is to describe the connection of the systems for the education of the practically oriented students.