Pole-Top Training
A Christchurch manufactured mouth-to-mouth resuscitation pole-top training unit was demonstrated yesterday to press and television representatives by two linemen of the Municipal Electricity Department. The unit comprises a rubber mask connected by hoses to artificial lungs. The mask avoids direct contact between “patient” and “rescuer” during training, yet provides realism and is hygienically safe for both people. Air can be blown through
the mask's mouth into the artificial lungs but they cannot be inflated unless the patient’s head (and mask) are tilted back to the correct position.
The unit demonstrated yesterday was a modified version of the standard model used for training when the “patient” is laying flat on his back. For pole top rescues, it is impossible to get the “patient” into this position. The photograph shows Mr W. Boaz “resuscitating" Mr R. Hickling.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30632, 24 December 1964, Page 1
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