CPR education has a diversity problem, and social media images of slim, white, male manikins are only compounding the issue, new research makes clear. In an analysis of Twitter and Instagram posts of ...

Way back in the day, we used to pack up our cleaned CPR manikins, legs and all, into giant hard cases and drag those behemoths back to the storage room. The best you could hope for was to avoid ...

CAMBRIDGE - There's a group of students at MIT and Harvard banding together to save lives by improving CPR training. "There is very little female representation in the curriculum and so we thought we ...

The study was published in the journal Health Promotion International. Learning CPR compression techniques on manikins without breasts contributes towards women being less likely to receive ...

When it comes to CPR, you gotta get grabbed. That’s why a new product, the Womanikin, is putting boobs on CPR mannequins. They’re not just for show: The altered model aims to combat the disparity ...

Which CPR manikins are best? Chest compressions are an essential part of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. One way to learn how to perform them correctly is with a CPR manikin. When looking for the ...

Despite going on numerous first aid courses, Chloe Lipton said she had never practised CPR on a female manikin A campaigner says she is calling for female manikins to be mandatory in CPR and ...

People need to get comfortable performing lifesaving chest compressions on female bodies, and training on breasted manikins ...

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The Johns Creek Public Safety Foundation has bought 49 additional training and practice manikins for the Johns Creek Fire Department, allowing larger classes in life-saving training. The Fire ...

RED CLOUD GARRISON, South Korea - First aid classes have long been taught by the American Red Cross in Warrior Country, but thanks to a donation of manikins from Omega Psi Phi Fraternity the students ...