| Germany | Spain | France | UK | Italy | |
| Scenarios | |||||
| Acute hypercapnic respiratory failure | 41.5 | 42.9 | 46.1 | 53.9 | 46.3 |
| Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema | 14.3 | 19.5 | 16.3 | 8.9 | 17.2 |
| De novo hypoxic respiratory failure | 8.0 | 12.1 | 17.1 | 6.1 | 12.3 |
| Weaning/post-extubation failure | 18.8 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 11.2 | 9.4 |
| Ventilators | |||||
| ICU ventilator with NIV module | 25.0 | 27.1 | 61.1 | 14.7 | 32.1 |
| ICU ventilator without NIV module | 1.1 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 0 | 3.3 |
| Dedicated ventilator for acute NIV | 37.5 | 35.4 | 28.7 | 41.2 | 27.5 |
| Home-care ventilator for chronic NIV | 15.9 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 14.7 | 7.4 |
| Stand-alone CPAP generator | 1.1 | 8.9 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 10.2 |
| Masks | |||||
| Nasal mask | 14.8 | 1.6 | 3.7 | 8.8 | 3.6 |
| Oro-nasal mask, i.e. facial | 65.9 | 67.2 | 75.0 | 58.8 | 51.6 |
| Total face mask | 0 | 4.7 | 14.8 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
| Helmet | 0 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0 | 13.5 |
| Anaesthesia mask | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 |
Data are presented as percentage of respondents. ICU: intensive care unit; NIV: noninvasive ventilation; CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure.