Simulators and training devices are used extensively by educators in « high-tech » occupations, especially those requiring an understanding of complex systems and co-ordinated psychomotor skills.

Because of advances in computer technology, anaesthetised patients can now be realistically simulated.

This paper describes several training devices and a simulator currently being employed in the training of anaesthesia personnel at the University of Florida.

This Gainesville Anesthesia Simulator (GAS) comprises a patient mannequin, anaesthesia gas machine, and a full set of normally operating monitoring instruments.

The patient can spontaneously breathe, has audible heart and breath sounds, and palpable pulses.