History of resuscitation Manikins (know as Annies)
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The girl from the river Seine
At the turn of the 19th century, the body of a young girl was pulled from the river Seine, in Paris.
There was no evidence of violence and it was assumed that she had taken her own life.
Her identity could not be established and a death-mask was made (this was customary in such cases)
From the mask of tragedy to the kiss of life
Generations later Asmund Laerdal began the developments of a realistic and effective training aid to
teach mouth to mouth resuscitation.
Moved by the story of the girl so tragically taken by early death, he adopted her mask for the face of
his new resuscitation training manikin, he was convinced that if such a manikin was life sized and
life like, students would be better motivated to learn this lifesaving procedure.