Introduction

Patient safety is the overarching and unifying research focus of the Virtual Anesthesia Machine (VAM) web site.

A new, four-year patient safety curriculum at the UF College of Medicine was started in 2008. Some of the simulations at the VAM web site are used to teach medical students and residents at UF and outside UF. Most of the simulations on the VAM web site are free.

The learning audience that can benefit from the simulations on the VAM web site includes:

Medical students
Nursing students
Physician Assistants
Clinicians
Anesthesiologists
Veterinarians
Engineering students

Applications (selected simulations; more available):

Alveolar Gas Equation	This interactive model uses dynamic plots to illustrate the alveolar gas equation (AGE) at steady state.
Oxygen Circulation	Simulation of oxygen circulation in the adult body
Blood pressure measurement artifact	(hydrostatic pressure) - In this interactive simulation, users may learn about how the blood pressure measurement depends on the position of a patient and the location of the blood pressure cuff due to hydrostatic pressure.
Coronary Circulation Model	This model of the coronary circulation is integrated with a model of the systemic circulation, and contains models for oxygen supply and demand.
1-Compartment pharmacokinetic model
	stochastic - This interactive simulation is designed to illustrate the exponential nature of a first order system to learners without background in mathematics or physics.
	hydraulic analogue - Based on exact solutions, this deterministic simulation of a single compartment pharmacokinetic model includes a hydraulic analog to facilitate visualization of the response to a bolus injection.
2-Compartment pharmacokinetic model
	stochastic - This stochastic simulation is mainly for visualization purposes and is similar in design to the first order stochastic visualization.
	hydraulic analogue - Based on numerical techniques, this deterministic simulation of a two compartment pharmacokinetic model includes a hydraulic analog to facilitate visualization of the response to a bolus injection, infusion and/or oral administration. The drug concentration in both compartments is plotted.
Bag Valve Mask Simulator	The bag valve mask simulation demonstrates how a typical self inflating manual resuscitator bag functions and how it can fail.
Rhythm trainer for BVM ventilation	This simulation trains users to squeeze the resuscitator bag at the proper breathing frequency for pediatric and adult patients.
Analytical NMR Principles	A transparent reality simulation of analytical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR).