A "threepenny" CPR manikin.

Manikins are essential in teaching and practicing CPR. Industry as provided them in different degrees of complexity. Costs are irectly proportional to sophistication and in some cases it might e a limiting factor especially among poor people. Training programs in emergencies have been developed for umble populations, and have included the use of a CPR dummy ade with simple materials – in comparison with more elaborate ommercial equipment, acceptable results have been achieved.1,2 Following this line, we have developed a two-piece training anikin that anybody can make using cheap and easily available lements. The head is made of a disposable 2–3 l plastic bottle with a ainted face (hair, eyes, nose and mouth) on its surface. A hole is rilled in the middle of the mouth to enable ventilation. The lung s a 20 cm diameter party balloon tied to the spout of the bottle Fig. 1A).