The invention relates to a medical ventilation apparatus (1) having a micro-blower (2) connected fluidically to a gas circuit (3) in order to supply said gas circuit (3) with respiratory gas, a controller (4) controlling the micro-blower (2), an electronic memory (8) configured to store at least several ventilation modes (Modes 1-6), and one or more patient category selectors (6) making it possible to select at least one given patient category from several selectable patient categories (6), and one or more ventilation mode selectors (7) making it possible to select at least one ventilation mode from among several selectable ventilation modes (Modes 1-6) based on the given patient category selected by means of said at least one patient category selector (6).
