An Affordable Virtual Reality Training Aid for Anaesthetists

The use of virtual reality for medical training applications is increasing rapidly. Until now, the systems have been mostly to aid surgeons, but there exists another group of medical staff that would benefit from virtual reality also the anaesthetists. There is a great need to increase the experience of trainee anaesthetists without endangering patients. An affordable virtual reality training aid for anaesthetists would accomplish this. In the context of some currently available products, the requirements for such a system are examined, including hardware, software, cost and design.