Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a key lifesaving measure for serious cardiovascular emergencies such as heart attacks, strokes, or drowning. Wherever out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur, CPR substantially increases the chances of survival. According to the WHO, estimated 15 million people worldwide died from heart attacks or strokes. This represents almost 30% of all global deaths.

What if…

CPR is not “rocket science” – even for laypeople. With clear instructions and regular hands-on practice, anyone can learn what to do in an emergency. Unfortunately, for many people around the globe, first aid courses are not easily accessible. Therefore, alternative ways to learn CPR are becoming increasingly important. Such alternative ways include remote learning via direct or recorded online instructions, classes taught in the community and schools or peer-led teaching. Mostly, they require the use of affordable manikins for the manual practice of chest compression.

Our vision is to boost first aid worldwide by spreading the idea of easy-to-use, easily accessible, and easy-to-build do-it-yourself (DIY) CPR Manikins.

DIY CPR Manikins might not be the right solution for every situation, but we see them as a valuable addition to commercially distributed CPR training manikins – used where it makes sense.
With mymanikins.info, we want to give every person the means to train CPR to have the courage and ability to act in an emergency.
Help us to empower people all over the world to practice chest compressions and save lives thanks to DIY CPR Manikins – free of charge.

Who we are

The initiative for mymanikins.info started in 2021 within the Swiss Lifesaving Society (SLRG) – one out of four rescue organizations under the Swiss Red Cross (SRC) – when we noticed a picture of a DIY CPR Manikin in a workshop about the further development of the first aid sector within the Swiss Red Cross. – the thought “What if CPR training with such simple devices would be similar or at least as effective as with commercially available manikins?” followed us since then.

We got the support of the SRC Humanitarian Foundation to build up a network, to create this website and to work on a not-for-profit-businessplan to further develop the network. We also get funding for additional reseach.

The research network has been continuously active since then. 

mymanikins.info is open for everyone to use, share or contribute. 

THANK YOU ALL that contributed and supported so far!  

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