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Objective To explore the effect of application of SimMan human body simulator in nursing teaching experiments on emergency and critical care. Methods Forty undergraduate nursing students in 2012 were assigned as the experiment group, where nursing teaching experiments on emergency and critical care were conducted based on SimMan human body simulator. Forty undergraduate nursing students in 2011 were assigned as the control group, where the traditional teaching method was employed. The emergency ability of the nursing students in the two groups was evaluated, and the nursing students′ attitudes towards two teaching methods were investigated. Results The emergency ability was higher in the experiment group than that of the control group (P<0.05). The satisfaction level with teaching method in the experiment group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). Conclusions SimMan human body simulator is effective in improving emergency ability of nursing students in nursing teaching experiments of emergency and critical care. It is worth popularizing and applying.