Advanced Water Rescue Manikin

We want to see a world where appropriate clinical care can be practised in an environment where it will take place for real. That means medical stabilisation at height, confined spaces, and now both “in” and “on” water. Unlike anything else available to rescue teams, this manikin will allow you to accurately simulate the rescue of a drowning victim from the water and then continue with essential medical care once it is pulled into your boat or onto dry land. This lets rescuers and medical practitioners train more effectively and quickly under pressure and in hostile conditions.

The rugged Ruth Lee Advanced Water Rescue Manikin outer body aids buoyancy in all open waters, pools, lakes, or rivers. It will float in a drowned position for ultra-realistic rescues. The torso of the manikin is an ultra-realistic male form with all the anatomical features you’d expect from a medical simulation manikin for airway management skills. It can be bagged, intubated and simulate various drowning rescue and resuscitation scenarios – a world-first for water rescue training.

Features & Benefits

• A high-tech drowning torso from Lifecast for ultra-realistic medical skills training.
• Specialist technology replicates hydrostatic squeeze, meaning water won’t enter the lung system. However, you can choose to introduce water to the lungs using a special three-way tap. This allows for both immersed and submerged drowning scenarios and lets you train for situations such as pulmonary oedema.
• The manikin is designed to mimic a drowned person in the water – it floats like an unconscious person but can also be weighted to sink or increase rescue realism.
• Pockets on arms, legs, chest, and back to allow for additional divers’ weights or equivalent to be added (a maximum of 10kg can be added before the manikin will sink, and we would advise the use of a buoyancy aid if you plan to add any more weight to the manikin).
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation – chest compression – 5-6cm with built-in recoil.
• It is accompanied by easy drain wellingtons and soft shoes to allow military uniforms to be worn over the carcass.
• Anatomically correct weight distribution for the ‘feel’ of a real casualty.
• Dry weight: 50kgs (with soft feet) or 52kgs (with wellington boots).

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