The Brayden range of manikins for CPR training is being enhanced to include two new models: the Brayden Junior Conversion Kit and the Brayden Baby. Demand for Brayden manikins has been excellent and with these new additions to the range, the ‘Brayden family’ is growing.
Paramedics and training organisations will be familiar with the award-winning Brayden with Lights—the first manikin to provide visual feedback on CPR performance. This manikin has received excellent reviews from medical professionals, who praise the use of intuitive lights that show if users are performing the correct CPR technique in terms of depth, speed and release between compressions. Unlike some other manikins, it is fully compliant with both the American Heart Association (AHA) and European Research Council (ERC) 2015 Guidelines. More specifically, it complies with the ERC requirement to compress the chest to 5–6 cms.
Subsequently, the Brayden Pro manikin was developed for group training purposes, whereby up to six manikins can be monitored at a time with a Bluetooth connection to a tablet. Real-time feedback of key CPR parameters can be reviewed, analysed and exported. Students can see the results of their efforts and various training modes are provided to meet different scenarios; for example, compressions only, ventilation only. Records can be stored and easily exported via email and numeric data can be accessed easily for later analysis.
Brayden Baby: intuitive lights help improve CPR performance
Currently under development, the Brayden Baby is designed with the help of key opinion leaders representing the ERC, national resuscitation councils and leading European paediatric institutions.
Brayden Baby uses advanced sensors to detect and analyse the effectiveness of CPR. Sets of interrelated LED lights illuminate key performance indicators. Brayden Baby has intuitive lights to help guide the student to perform good quality ventilation, which is vital for successful resuscitation of an infant.
Lights are also placed in the chest and illuminate to show correct compression depth, and blood circulation lights illuminate to represent the flow of blood from the heart to the brain. Additionally, it has a CPR-quality indicating light, which only illuminates when correct compression depth, compression rate and full chest release are performed—similar to the function in the award-winning Brayden manikin.
Brayden Junior: a new cost-effective ‘two-in-one’ manikin
Demand for the Brayden range to include a child manikin version is now being met with the development of the Brayden Junior. Brayden Junior provides a conversion kit that offers a simple procedure for quickly transforming the adult Brayden manikin into a child manikin (anatomically correct for a 10–12 year-old) by changing the facial and body skin and replacing the internal compression spring.
Converting the adult Brayden to a Junior Brayden is quick and easy to do, and offers a very effective alternative to having to keep two different types of manikins—a real ‘two-in-one’ solution for users. Developed in consultation with leading medical professionals, Brayden Junior offers an excellent cost saving with the convenience of having only one manikin to carry for training.