Simulators are replications of the entire anesthesia work environment.
Simulator setups include a patient mannequin on an operating table, an anesthesia gas machine, monitoring instruments, delivery systems for intravenous fluids and medication, and computers and other electronic equipment that are necessary to control and simulator and provide appropriate physiological signals and pharmacological responses. The METI simulator used by the UNC-CH Department of Anesthesiology is designed to breathe and exchange respiratory gases, exhibit normal and abnormal heart and breath sounds, have a pulse, talk, and have pupillary movement and eyes that open and close. Physiologic and pharmacological models of healthy, pregnant, and acutely or chronically ill individuals are incorporated into the software.