Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

LAERDAL FAMILY TRAINING KIT

Date Range From

1990

Date Range To

2000

Materials

CARDBOARD, PLASTIC, PAPER

No. Pieces

9

Length

61.5

Width

32.7

Diameter

16

Description

A. CARDBOARD AND PLASTIC CPR TRAINING MANNEQUIN: 44CM LONG X 12CM WIDE X 22.5CM DEEP. MANNEQUIN FOR SIMULATING CPR TRAINING; PEACH CARDBOARD BASE WITH PINK PLASTIC MODELED FACE AT ONE END, A WHITE PLASTIC BAG IN THE CENTER BELOW THE “NECK” AND A WHITE PLASTIC ROUND BELLOW WITH A BLACK CIRCLE ON SURFACE AT THE END. PLASTIC FACE IS FIXED TO CARDBOARD WITH OPAQUE WHITE PLASTIC FITTINGS. CARDBOARD NECK HAS PERFORATED ARROWS ON SIDES TO INDICATE RAISING THE CARDBOARD PIECE INTO THE NECK. BOTTOM OF BELLOW HAS GREY PLASTIC DIAL TO TURN TO “ON” AND “OFF” POSITIONS. OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. B. CARDBOARD BOX: 61.5CM LONG X 32.7CM WIDE X 16 CM DEEP. PALE WHITE/CREAM CARDBOARD BOX WITH BLACK AND RED TEXT ALONG SIDES READING “LAERDAL FAMILY CPR TRAINER.” BOTTOM EDGE HAS TEXT “OPEN OTHER END” PRINTED IN BLACK; TOP EDGE HAS TEXT “CONTENTS: 1 FAMILY CPR TRAINER AND ACCESS, 1 VIDEO TAPE: “AN INTRODUCTION TO LAERDAL FAMILY CPR TRAINER”, 1 INTRODUCTION SHEET, RECOMMENDED FOR USE DURING OR AFTER AN AUTHORIZED CPR TRAINING PROGRAM. LAERDAL MEDICAL CORPORATION, ONE LABRIOLA COURT, ARMONK, NY 10504, 800-648-1851.” FRONT SIDES HAVE GREYSCALE IMAGES OF A WOMAN LEANING OVER A LAERDAL CPR TRAINING MANNEQUIN. YELLOW AND WHITE TAPE ALONG TOP AND BOTTOM SIDES. FRONT SIDE HAS TEXT WRITTEN ON IN BLUE INK “BONNIE WILLIAMS”. BOX IS OPEN AT ONE END; BOX IS CREASED ALONG BOTTOM EDGE AND IS DISCOLORED AND FADED. BOX IS IN OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. C. MANUAL, “LAERDAL FAMILY CPR TRAINER”: 28.2CM LONG X 43CM WIDE. INSTRUCTION SHEET FOR ASSEMBLING “LAERDAL FAMILY CPR TRAINER.” WHITE PAPER WITH BLACK AND RED TEXT AND IMAGES FOR INSTRUCTIONS, DOUBLE-SIDED. FRONT HAS “LAERDAL” LOGO IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. TEXT ALONG BOTTOM EDGE READS, “LCI PART NO. FT2338, REV 12/15/92, [COPYRIGHT SYMBOL] 1992, LAERDAL MEDICAL CORP., P.O. BOX 190, ONE LABRIOLA COURT, ARMONK, NY 10504, CUSTOMER SERVICE: 800-648-1851, LAERDAL MEDICAL CANADA LTD., 50 IRONSIDE CRES. UNIT NO. 1, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO, M1X1G4, CUSTOMER SERVICE: 800-265-9987, PATENT PENDING.” INSTRUCTION SHEET IS SEVERELY FOLDED, AND BENT IN AT CORNERS; OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. D. PLASTIC BAG: 12.5CM LONG X 12.3CM WIDE X 2.5CM DEEP. WHITE PLASTIC BAG (“LUNG”) CONTAINED IN UNOPENED PLASTIC PACKAGING. PLASTIC PACKAGING HAS BLACK TEXT “LAERDAL, HELPING SAVE LIVES” AND IMAGE OF TWO FIGURES, ONE BEING BANDAGED (“LAERDAL” LOGO). INSIDE PACKAGING ON SURFACE OF BAG INSIDE ARE FIVE SMALL, CIRCULAR WHITE COTTON PADS. PLASTIC PACKAGING IS UNOPENED; OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION. E. DISINFECTANT WIPES, “RESUSCI”: 16CM WIDE X 8.8CM LONG. WIPES CONTAINED IN PACKETS WITHIN PLASTIC CASING; PLASTIC CASING IS RIPPED AT TOP RIGHT CORNER AND DOWN RIGHT SIDE; FOUR WIPES PACKETS ARE CONTAINED. PACKETS HAVE RED AND BLACK LABELS WITH THE IMAGE OF A WIPE CLEANING A MANNEQUIN MOUTH AND TEXT “RESUSCI MANIKIN WIPE, CONTAINS 1 PAD SOAKED IN 70% ETHYL ALCOHOL, CAT. NO.: 15 24 00, 50 EA., CAT. NO.: 15 24 01, 1200 EA.” BACKS OF PACKETS HAVE 4-STEP DIRECTIONS TO CLEAN MANNEQUIN; LAERDAL LOGO PRINTED IN BLACK IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE PACKET, TEXT ALONG TOP LEFT EDGE READING “MADE IN NORWAY”. RIGHT PACKETS ARE BENT IN AT TOP RIGHT CORNER WHERE PLASTIC PACKAGING IS OPENED; OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. G. VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE: 18.8CM LONG X 10.3CM WIDE X 2.5CM DEEP. BLACK PLASTIC VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE; FRONT HAS TWO CLEAR PANELS TO SEE BLACK RIBBON ON WHITE PLASTIC SPOOL; FRONT HAS WHITE LABEL WITH BLACK TEXT “AN INTRODUCTION TO YOUR LAERDAL FAMILY CPR TRAINER, APPROXIMATE RUNNING TIME: 13 MINUTES, COPYRIGHT 1992, LAERDAL MEDICAL CORPORATION, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, PATENT PENDING, ONE LABRIOLA COURT ARMONK, N.Y. 10504, 1 (800) 431-1055” WITH BLACK AND RED “LAERDAL” LOGO IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. FRONT HAS TEXT INSCRIBED ALONG TOP EDGE OF CASSETTE: “INSERT THIS SIDE INTO RECORDER, DO NOT TOUCH THE TAPE INSIDE, VHS.” BACK HAS TWO WHITE PLASTIC SPOOLS EMBEDDED. TAPE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. F. CASE FOR VIDEO CASSETTE TAPE: 19CM LONG X 10.6CM WIDE X 2.7CM DEEP. WHITE CARDBOARD PACKAGING; FRONT HAS BLACK AND RED TEXT READING “AN INTRODUCTION TO YOUR LAERDAL FAMILY CPR TRAINER” AND IMAGES OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND USING THE CPR TRAINERS; SIDES HAVE BLACK AND WHITE TEXT READING “AN INTRODUCTION TO YOUR LAERDAL FAMILY CPR TRAINER” AND A RED AND BLACK LAERDAL COMPANY LOGO WITH MOTTO “HELPING SAVE LIVES”; BACK HAS TEXT IN BLACK “THIS VIDEO CONTAINS COLOR CODED SECTIONS ON THE FOLLOWING:” AND RED, BLUE AND YELLOW BANNERS WITH BLACK TEXT READING: ASSEMBLY, PRACTICING CPR, TAKING CARE OF YOUR LAERDAL FAMILY CPR TRAINER”, WITH BLACK TEXT BELOW: “CPR CAN HELP SAVE THE LIFE OF SOMEONE YOU LOVE. FREQUENT PRACTICE OF THESE SKILLS WILL KEEP YOU PREPARED JUST IN CASE. THIS VIDEO IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF THE LAERDAL FAMILY CPR TRAINER. PRACTICE OFTEN AND ENCOURAGE FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO LEARN CPR TOO. THIS VIDEO DOES NOT TAKE THE PLACE OF A FORMAL CPR TRAINING COURSE.” BACK HAS BLACK TEXT IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER “[COPYRIGHT SYMBOL] 1992 LAERDAL MEDICAL CORPORATION, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED” WITH RED AND BLACK “LAERDAL” LOGO IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. CASE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND SHOWS MINOR WEAR. H. PLASTIC BAG: 59CM LONG X 32CM WIDE. CLEAR PLASTIC BAG WITH OPENING AT ONE END. BAG IS CRINKLED AND CREASED. BAG IN OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. I. CARDBOARD BODY FOR CPR TRAINING MANNEQUIN: 39CM LONG X 32.7CM WIDE X 12.7CM DEEP. PEACH CARDBOARD TORSO; “LAERDAL” LOGO PRINTED IN BLACK INK ON THE FRONT LEFT SIDE; OPAQUE WHITE PLASTIC STRAP ON FRONT LEFT SIDE. FRONT OF THE TORSO HAS OUTLINE OF RIBS AND PRINTED PURPLE CIRCLES FOR NIPPLES, AND PERFORATED EDGE TO FOLD BENEATH OUTLINED RIBCAGE. CARDBOARD TORSO HAS AN OPENING AT THE BASE, OPENING AT THE TOP BETWEEN CARDBOARD TO FORM NECK AND SHOULDERS, AND AN OPENING AT THE BACK. CARDBOARD SHOWS MINOR SIGN OF WEAR; BACK HAS GRIME SPOT LOWER RIGHT OF OPENING; FRONT AND SIDES HAVE GRIME AND INK STAINS ON SURFACE, AND FRONT SHOWS SIGNS OF WORN PAINT ON CARDBOARD AROUND RIBS AND LOWER EDGE. CARDBOARD AT BACK OF THE NECK OPENING IS FOLDED BACK ALONG UPPER EDGE; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

ON OCTOBER 19, 2016, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIWED BONNIE JAMES ABOUT HER DONATION OF A CPR TRAINING KIT TO THE MUSEUM. JAMES WORKED AS A LIFEGUARD, A FIRST AID INSTRUCTOR WITH ST. JOHN’S AMBULANCE, AND AT LETHBRIDGE EMS. WHEN ASKED ABOUT HOW SHE ACQUIRED THE CRP TRAINER, JAMES RECALLED, “I USED TO TEACH FOR ST. JOHN AMBULANCE. THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY CAREER PATH…WE HAD A CONTEST…OF SOME SORT - AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS GIVEN AWAY, AND SO, AS AN INSTRUCTOR, I WAS IN THE CONTEST – SO, THAT WAS MY PRIZE FROM THEM.” “[THE CONTEST] WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE EARLY ‘90S…SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ‘90 TO ’93-ISH.” “THIS IS ST. JOHN AMBULANCE FROM LETHBRIDGE. THEY USED TO BE UP ON 2ND AVENUE NORTH IN THE HOMESTEAD VILLAGE MALL BUILDING THERE, AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIRST STARTED TAKING CLASSES, AND WHERE I TOOK MY INSTRUCTOR COURSE.” “I USED IT A FEW TIMES…MORE LIKE A RE-CERTIFICATION FOR SOME FRIENDS THAT NEEDED, WHO SAID “I NEED MY CPR REDONE. CAN YOU DO IT?” WE USED IT MORE AS THAT HANDS-ON SIMULATOR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED TO TEACH WAS THAT, PEOPLE, EVEN IN THE TIME THAT WE WERE DOING MOUTH-TO-MOUTH TYPE THING, PEOPLE DIDN’T FEEL COMFORTABLE IN THE CLASS, YOU’D JUST SAY “OH, JUST SIMULATE”. YOU’D JUST LEAN DOWN BESIDE THEM AND SAY “BLOW” INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY BLOWING INTO THE MOUTH OF THE DOLL. THIS ONE WAS USED MORE IN THAT CONTEXT. IT WAS NEVER A FULL-USE DUMMY, I GUESS YOU’D CALL IT.” JAMES SPOKE ABOUT THE CHANGE IN THE RESUSCITATION TRAINING KITS, NOTING, “WE HAD SOME DIFFERENT TOOLS, JUST BECAUSE THIS ONE IS MORE…LIGHT USE. THEY CALLED IT A FAMILY TRAINER. THERE’S…CARDBOARD IN THE FACE DEFINITELY. THEY WERE CALLED ‘RESUSCI-ANNIE’S’ BACK THEN. THE FACE WAS MADE AFTER A GIRL NAMED ‘ANNIE,’ AND THEY ALL LOOKED THE SAME…A LOT OF THEM WERE FULL-BODY DOLLS… THEN THEY WERE COMING OUT WITH, TOWARDS THE END, WHEN I WAS TEACHING, THEY WERE CALLED ACTAR’S, AND THEY WERE THESE PLASTIC, ROBOTIC-LOOKING GENERIC THINGS THAT WEREN’T NEARLY AS REALISTIC-LOOKING. FOR DURABILITY AND COST, THEY FELT THEY GOT THE SAME TRAINING VALUE OUT OF IT, BUT THEY KIND OF GOT AWAY. THE OTHER REASON THAT THEY CHANGED WAS BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY USED ‘ANNIE’S’ FACE, THEY HAD TO PAY AN HONORARIUM BACK…BECAUSE THEY WERE USING HER LIKENESS.” “THAT BECAME ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, IN THE DAY AND AGE OF TALKING ABOUT COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, AND WORRIES ABOUT STERILIZATION…BECAUSE THESE DOLLS – THIS HAS A PLASTIC FACE, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE IT ALL CLEANED OFF. WE WERE CHANGING LUNGS…THE ACTAR’S WERE JUST HARD PLASTIC. YOU JUST CHUCKED THEM IN THE BLEACH, AND THEY WERE CLEAN, AND YOU WENT ON…THEY CAME IN WHAT THEY CALLED SQUADRONS. A SQUADRON WAS A BAG OF EIGHT, SO EVERYBODY IN THE CLASS HAD THEIR OWN DOLL, BECAUSE, BACK THEN, WE DID MOUTH-TO-MOUTH, AND THEY HAD TO ACTUALLY BLOW INTO THE DOLL, SO IT WAS CONTAMINATED BY THAT PERSON. AT THE END OF THE CLASS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, US INSTRUCTORS WOULD JUST GO AND CLEAN THEM ALL…IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO USE [THIS DOLL]…YOU CAN SIMULATE…BUT IF IT WAS, SAY, A FAMILY, OR SOMEBODY THAT YOU WEREN’T WORRIED ABOUT CONTAMINATION, IT WASN’T AS BIG A DEAL TO HAVE TO GENTLY CLEAN, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO KIND OF DO THE DEEP CLEAN.” MACLEAN ASKED JAMES WHY SHE HAD CHOSEN TO RETAIN AND DONATE THE TRAINING KIT TO THE MUSEUM, AND JAMES ELABORATED, “IT’S SOMEWHAT, WHAT WE CALL ARCHAIC NOW. WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT IS ELECTRONIC…AND THIS IS A SIMPLE MODEL. CPR HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR YEARS…AND THIS IS JUST A WAY THAT THEY HAD PUT OUT FOR TEACHING CPR, AND PRACTICING CPR, TO THE PUBLIC SO, JUST THINKING OF THE HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM AS THE HOSPITAL, THAT KIND OF TRAINING – THAT IT WOULD BE KIND OF NEAT FOR KIDS TO SEE IT, IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE, THAT’S WHAT WE USED TO DO; THAT’S HOW WE USED TO PRACTICE AND LEARN THINGS,” “I’M TOO MUCH OF A COLLECTOR. SOME OF IT JUST DIDN’T SEEM LIKE IT SHOULD BE JUST THROWN AWAY. IT WAS NEAT; IT WAS PART OF SOMETHING THAT I DID…IT WAS PART OF MY PAST. I GUESS I THOUGHT, MAYBE I’LL USE IT AGAIN. I TAUGHT UNTIL…IT’S PROBABLY BEEN 7 OR 8 YEARS SINCE I’VE TAUGHT, SO UNTIL THAT POINT…THE IDEA [WITH THE LAERDAL TRAINING KITS WAS]…IF PEOPLE HAVE THEM AT HOME, THEN THEY WOULD PRACTICE MORE OFTEN, INSTEAD OF THE JUST ONCE A YEAR THEY COME TO DO THE COURSE.” “I JUST THOUGHT, THIS IS A PART OF HOW THINGS WERE, WHEN I WAS A YOUNG ADULT. THEY ARE SO DIFFERENT NOW, AND THEY WILL BE SO MUCH MORE DIFFERENT IN ANOTHER 15-20-30 YEARS…NOW WE KNOW THAT CPR IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ANYTHING. CPR IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE DRUGS THAT WE GIVE AT WORK, SO WHEN IT COMES TO SAVING SOMEONE’S LIFE, WHO IS IN ARREST, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT CAN BE DONE…THE SKILL IS SOMETHING THAT HAS KIND OF STOOD THE TEST OF TIME. IT’S GONE IN AND OUT OF FAVOR, BUT IT’S NICE NOW, WITH ALL THE SCIENCE-BASED STUFF THAT WE HAVE, AND THE COMMUNICATION WORLD-WIDE, AND THE INTERACTION, THAT THEY CAN NOW GO BACK NOW AND SAY “YEAH, WE KNOW THIS WORKS.” THIS IS THE #1 THING THAT WORKS, SO THIS IS STILL REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO LEARN, OR AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN, TO TRY TO GET TO LEARN HOW TO DO THIS. BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF THE “BE ALL: END ALL”…ALL OUR FANCY MACHINES AND EVERYTHING HELP, BUT THE SIMPLE ACT OF ONE PERSON PUSHING ON ANOTHER PERSON’S CHEST, TO MOVE SOME BLOOD, IS THE BEST THING.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20160032000-GA.

Catalogue Number

P20160032000

Acquisition Date

2016-09

Collection

Museum

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