Resusci Annie
Hello there!
Here comes the sun... it’s been shining brightly, the birds are singing – finally!
I was sent this photo by email by Emily from China – it made me smile. The shutter snapped about 10 seconds before I was asked to insert a catheter into the Resusci Annie. 
Do you know the story behind Resusci Annie? She was apparently invented by a Scandinavian man who lost his daughter when she drowned in a lake, and he was unable to bring her back to life. He was obvioiusly devastated by the loss of his child, but decided to do something positive to prevent that kind of tragedy from happening again.
To this end, he invested money into research to create a plastic human model which people could use to practice giving mouth-to-mouth resusscitation and CPR. 
A photo from the Wuxi Times. Does anyone know what the caption says? I'd love to know!
Do you use Resusci Annies in your countries? I remember learning basic First Aid with old Annie at school, and how she used to fart out air when you blew it in through her nostrils… I never thought I’d be holding her hand again, 10 years later, 5,000 miles from home.
On that note, I think I’m going to leave you for now, and I wish you all a fantastic day.
Best wishes,
Sarah
VOCAB
• A catheter = a tube used in hospitals to take urine away from the human body
• CPR = cardiopulminary resuscitation
Comments
Sarah, I don't know if I can help you here, but it's my translation below, about the comment in that picture, my english is not so good, and I hope you can understand them. These days, the professor Maifenlan from UK exchanged clinical experience with teachers and students from WuXi advanced sanitation vocational school. It's said that the way this school uses to train high quality and special skills talents is "invite experts from other countries and send students abroad to study", and there are over 95% students find their job successfully after graduation.
EngFrank - thank you so much for the translation! As they say, I wouldn't want to die wondering.
Hello Sarah, it¡¯s the first time I heard the word Resusci Annie and know its meaning. You¡¯ve been to Wuxi! This weekend I¡¯ll go to Wuxi to meet one of my friends. If you were still in Wuxi now, maybe I would see you. Sarah, were both pictures sent to you by Emily? In that case, she scanned the paper, didn¡¯t she? It¡¯s a big advertisement for the school and Wuxi Times, they would love it. When I go to Wuxi, I¡¯ll buy an issue. :-) I tried to translate the caption, here it is: ¡®Recently, Professor Ms. McLean from UK communicated the clinical practices with the teachers and students from Wuxi Higher Health Vocational Technology School. It¡¯s reported that this school takes an internationalized teaching method ¨C Invite in, Walk out ¨C to train high quality and skilled personnel, with an employment rate of 95% and above. (Photo by Tang Xiwei)¡¯ I really hope I didn¡¯t make so many mistakes in this translation and I also hope I didn¡¯t give you much trouble to understand. Best wishes for you. Jingjing from BJ.
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