Jens-Christian Schwindt

Neonatologist / Managing Director Laerdal Labs Vienna, Founder SIMCharacters GmbH and Founder and CEO SIMCharacters Training GmbH

Vienna, Vienna, Austria

About

„Ours is a team sport, but with two key differences from the kinds with lighted scoreboards: The stakes are people´s lives and we have no coaches“ Atul Gawande Specialist in pediatrics and former Medical University Vienna NICU neonatologist consultant, with a passion for patient safety in Pediatrics and Neonatology. Years of experience working in teams to train healthcare staff in the management of critically ill newborns and children. Founded SIMCharacters and the SIMCharacters Training Company in 2012, with the aim to improve the quality of care of critically ill children, especially term and preterm infants. SIMCharacters has created the world's first high emotion preterm simulator: Paul. Designed by leading experts in healthcare, education, biomedical engineering, animatronics, and special effects - this 27 week old premature infant is designed to empower neonatology teams with high fidelity simulation experiences in-order to improve learning and patient care outcomes. In February 2025 SIMCharacters was acquired by Laerdal Medical. Learn more by visiting www.laerdal.com! SIMCharacters Training provides all kind of training, the variety ranging from resuscitation training with low-fidelity simulators to high-end simulations with complex high-fidelity simulators including audio-video debriefing. We provide training in hospitals on-site in all German speaking countries. Beside the intensive team training of all health care professionals involved in the management of critically ill children, the system safety aspect is our main focus.

Experience

  • Managing Director Laerdal Labs Vienna at Laerdal Medical
    Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • SIMCharacters Training GmbH (14 yrs)
    • CEO
      Sep 2012 - Present · 13 yrs 11 mos

      Patient Safety • Training • Consulting SIMCharacters provides all kind of trainings, the variety ranging from resuscitation training with low-fidelity simulators to high-end simulations with complex high-fidelity simulators including audio-video debriefing. We provide trainings in hospitals on-site in all German speaking countries. Beside the intensive team training of all health care professionals involved in the management of critically ill children, the system safety aspect is our main focus.

    • CEO
      Aug 2012 - Mar 2025 · 12 yrs 8 mos

      The aim of SIMCharacters is to improve the quality of care of critically ill children, especially term and preterm infants. SIMCharacters has created the world's first high emotion preterm simulator: Paul. Designed by leading experts in healthcare, education, electrical manufacturing, animatronics, and special effects - this 27 week year old premature infant is designed to empower neonatology teams with high fidelity simulation experiences in-order to improve learning and patient care outcomes. Learn more today by visiting www.simcharacters.com!

  • ERC European Resuscitation Council (22 yrs 7 mos)
    • European Paediatric Life Support Trainer
      2004 - Present · 22 yrs 7 mos

    • Newborn Life Support Trainer
      2008 - Present · 18 yrs 7 mos

    • National Course Director Newborn Life Support Austria
      2009 - Present · 17 yrs 7 mos

  • Patient Safety Trainer at Assekurisk
    2010 - Present · 16 yrs 7 mos

  • Consultant in Pediatrics and Neonatology at Medical University Vienna
    Jul 2001 - Jun 2015 · 14 yrs