This is the fascinating story behind Resusci Anne, the world’s first life-saving resuscitation dummy, invented after her maker's son had a near death experience... In 1960, Norwegian toymaker Åsmund Lærdal began selling his latest invention - a life-size training dummy designed to teach mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Åsmund wanted as many people as possible to be trained in this new method of life saving and he hoped that a female manikin would be less threatening to trainees. 🎧 Hear more on Wit
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This is the fascinating story behind Resusci Anne, the world’s first life-saving resuscitation dummy, invented after her maker's son had a near death experience... In 1960, Norwegian toymaker Åsmund Lærdal began selling his latest invention - a life-size training dummy designed to teach mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Åsmund wanted as many people as possible to be trained in this new method of life saving and he hoped that a female manikin would be less threatening to trainees. 🎧 Hear more on Wit
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