RUTH LEE
Case Studies
“In our opinion, the Ruth dummy is a revolution in the field of rescue!”
Creating realistic casualties for training has always been our goal – so when a lifeguard in Canada approached us to design a manikin which would allow her to set up complete start-to-finish rescues, without switching between an unrealistic half-torso and volunteers,...
Canadian Fire Service First to use Patient Handling Manikin in RTC Training
Niagara West Fire (Niagara, Canada) have become the first fire service in the world to own a Patient Handling manikin, after Canadian photographer Mitchell Brown kindly chose to donate his photo competition prize to the service earlier this year. Mitchell was one of...
NHS Trust uses manikins to level up moving and handling training
Before the pandemic, just like NHS Trusts up and down the country, Simon Themba, Moving and Handling Lead at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), used volunteers in his training to represent patients. When social distancing was introduced, all...
Dog handlers using manikins to ‘enhance training and give new team members confidence and skills’
Dogs being used in search and rescue missions can be dated back to the late 1800s where they were often deployed by monks living in the snowy, dangerous St. Bernard Pass - a route through the Alps between Italy and Switzerland – to rescue lost travellers or those...
World-Leading Training Provider Uses Manikins in New State Of The Art Facility
For over 100 years, MRS Training & Rescue (formerly known as Mines Rescue Service), has developed specialist skills, experience and knowledge gained from working in difficult and potentially dangerous environments, to affect the rescue and escape of mine workers...
Crantock Surf Life Saving Club comes back from lifeguard shortage through training with manikins!
It’s absolutely no secret that the world of training was turned on it’s head in 2020. Training to save lives suddenly became near impossible due to social distancing restrictions and the need to keep trainees and volunteers safe from COVID-19. Beach lifeguard training...
Patient Handling Training with a Manikin – No going back to using people in training
No going back to using people in training sessions The Coronavirus pandemic impacted the training techniques of safe patient handling. At the start of Covid restrictions, it became clear that using staff to play the role of the patient needed to be reviewed to comply...
“…It simply takes your training program and brings it to the next level.”
Creating the most realistic manikins for your training has always been our goal – from the very first manikin created by Ruth herself when a friend and firefighter bought her what was essentially a sack filled with sand with the plea to repair it for his training!...
Pool Rescue Manikins have not seen a development like this until now…
Traditionally, lifeguard training requires trainees to switch between plastic half torsos and volunteers part way through a scenario. This can often create ‘disjointed’ processes which do not accurately represent the true challenge of retrieving an unconscious body...
Specialist Provider Total Train Ltd highlight the benefits of training with manikins
Specialist services require specialist training and at Ruth Lee Ltd we are pleased to supply manikins to organisations that provide expert advice and support to others. One such organisation is Total Train Ltd, which began operating full-time back in...
Why Lifeguards in the US are changing the way they train!
Your training needs to give trainees the best chance to respond well in a genuine emergency. How can you do that? By making your training as realistic as possible! The Pool Rescue manikin was designed following a conversation with a working lifeguard who was...
Pool Rescue manikin praised by lifeguards around the world!
Our Pool Rescue manikin is transforming how lifeguards are training around the world! It allows trainees to perform a complete simulated rescue, without switching between equipment and volunteers, for better assessment of skills. Here are just a few of the comments we...