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Resusci Anne: 'My father invented the CPR dummy after I nearly drowned'
This is the fascinating story behind Resusci Anne, the world鈥檚 first life-saving resuscitation dummy, invented after the creator's son had a near death experience...
In 1960, Norwegian toymaker 脜smund L忙rdal began selling his latest invention - a life-size training dummy designed to teach mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
脜smund 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.
(Picture: 脜smund L忙rdal and Resusci Anne. Credit: L忙rdal Medical/Getty Images)
