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Case Studies
Flying high – Manikins Praised by Scotland’s Largest Airport
In aviation emergency response, effective training is key to preparedness. For decades, Edinburgh Airport Fire and Rescue Service has been at the forefront of ensuring the safety and security of travellers and staff. Central to their training programs are Ruth Lee...
Emotionally Prepared and Rescue-Ready: UK Training Company’s Approach to Lifeguard Preparedness
In the dynamic landscape of lifeguard training, innovation and realism are vital when preparing lifeguards for the diverse challenges they may face. In the UK, one company that has consistently been at the forefront of adopting cutting-edge methodologies is lifeguard...
Poland’s Water Rescue Heroes Embrace the Ruth Lee Advanced Water Rescue Manikin: A Game-Changer in Training Realism
Drowning remains a pressing global concern, claiming the lives of an estimated 236,000 people each year. This devastating reality, especially for children aged 5-14, underscores the critical need for effective water rescue training. As a business, Ruth Lee Ltd has...
Simulated Chemical Suicide: Training for Rescue and Decontamination Operations
In the world of emergency response, preparedness is paramount. It is crucial for firefighters and other first responders to receive comprehensive training to effectively handle various emergency scenarios. Recently, firefighters at Fire and Rescue NSW in Australia...
The Fast Rescue Device (FReD) – A Lifesaving Innovation for Water Rescue
For over three decades, Ruth Lee Ltd has been at the forefront of creating world-leading rescue training manikins, enabling the rescue community to train more realistically and effectively. Our commitment to excellence has driven us to continually innovate and refine...
Ruth lee manikins helping to facilitate safe patient handling and mobility (SPHM) training in the US
The desire to help people by providing outstanding care is why you became a healthcare professional in the first place. Maintaining the dignity of your patients is important, as is maintaining your own health and well-being when carrying out your duties. Healthcare...
“PTE Ryan” Training Lifeguards To Save Surfers In Scottish Seas With Aberdeen Slsc
Scotland's rugged coastline and tumultuous seas are renowned for their beauty, but also for their danger. The unpredictable weather and strong currents make Scottish waters a challenging environment for even the most experienced swimmers and surfers. In fact, the seas...
Healthcare Innovation Experts Melior Motus Using Manikins To Train Users
The design of new, innovative equipment can lead to efficiencies in the healthcare system, while also helping deliver outstanding patient care. Ruth Lee Ltd was therefore excited to supply a Patient Handling Manikin to Canadian-based equipment designers Melior...
“Undoubtedly the best childlike manikin I have had the pleasure to train with…”
At Ruth Lee we are committed to making products that help people to train more effectively. For us, it is about helping trainers to create more realistic training scenarios, which closely mirror what their teams might face in real life. Improved training leads to...
“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...