Laerdal

Laerdal is a multinational company that develops products and programs for healthcare providers, voluntary organizations, educational institutions, hospitals, and the military worldwide.

[2] Due to this experience with soft plastics, The Norwegian Civil Defense called on Laerdal to design natural-looking imitation wounds for military training.

In 1958, Laerdal was approached by Norwegian anesthesiologist Dr. Bjørn Lind [no] after learning from Dr. Peter Safar about the need for a lifelike manikin to train the new concept of mouth-to-mouth ventilation.

The face of Resusci Anne[4] was inspired by the death mask of an unidentified girl who was found drowned in the River Seine in Paris at the turn of the 19th century.

The well-known Resusci Anne simulator has been updated to include variation with CPR metrics feedback technology, advanced skill training, and first aid.

In 2019, Laerdal acquired the company B-Line Medical, a debriefing, assessment, and training management platform.

Laerdal works with global partners such as the British Heart Foundation on their Nation of Lifesavers project to train school children to perform CPR and AED use.

Laerdal Global Health (LGH) is the not-for-profit sister company established in 2010 to help save the lives of mothers and newborns in low-income countries.

[12] The Laerdal Foundation facilitates an annual meeting for medical researchers from around the world at the Utstein Abbey outside of Stavanger, Norway, to make recommendations for how to implement best practices in topics including resuscitation,[13] patient simulation, maternal and neonatal mortality.