Advanced Adult CPR Training Manikin

Quick Answer: The advanced adult CPR training manikin is an adult-sized training manikin for practising cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It lets learners practise chest compressions, opening the airway and giving rescue breaths, and is used in first aid, nursing and basic life support (BLS) courses.

What Learners Practise on an Adult CPR Manikin

An adult CPR training manikin reproduces the landmarks and responses a rescuer needs: a chest that compresses and recoils, a head that tilts back to open the airway, and an airway that makes the chest rise with each effective rescue breath. Learners find the hand position in the centre of the chest on the lower half of the breastbone, lock their arms and push straight down, then let the chest come back fully before the next compression.

Adult guidelines from both the American Heart Association and the European Resuscitation Council ask for compressions about 5 to 6 cm deep at 100 to 120 per minute, with 30 compressions to 2 breaths for a single rescuer. A manikin is where these numbers become a physical skill, and teams are taught to swap the person compressing about every two minutes because quality drops as rescuers tire.

‘Advanced’ in manikin catalogues usually means extra functions beyond a basic compression torso, such as feedback on compression depth and rate, indicators for hand position or breath volume, or a full body. The title does not list which functions this manikin has, whether it needs power or how its face and airway are replaced between users, so the function list should be confirmed before a course is planned around it.

Applications

• Basic life support and first aid courses for staff, students and community groups
• Nursing and medical skills labs, including annual refresher sessions
• Team practice combining compressions with AED pad placement and rescuer swaps
• School and college first aid clubs learning hands-only CPR

Specifications

Care & Handling

• Disinfect the face and mouth area of the adult CPR training manikin between learners, or fit a fresh face shield for each person, following your course’s hygiene procedure.
• Replace disposable airways or lung bags as the maker directs, and never let learners share one without cleaning.
• Store the manikin flat in its bag or case with nothing heavy on the chest, so the compression mechanism and chest skin keep their shape.
• Remove batteries from any feedback unit before long storage.

Why Choose LabEquip

First aid trainers, hospitals and nursing colleges usually buy CPR manikins in sets so several learners can practise at once. LabEquip lists this adult manikin in its biology lab products with the baby obstruction model for infant choking practice; plan quantities through the contact page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How deep and fast should adult chest compressions be?

Current adult guidelines from the American Heart Association and the European Resuscitation Council call for a depth of about 5 to 6 cm at a rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute, with the chest allowed to recoil fully between compressions.

What is the compression-to-breath ratio for adults?

For a single rescuer, or two rescuers without an advanced airway, it is 30 compressions followed by 2 rescue breaths. Rescuers who cannot or will not give breaths are taught hands-only CPR, with continuous compressions.

Why does the chest need to recoil fully?

The heart refills with blood while the chest re-expands. Leaning on the chest between compressions reduces that refilling and so reduces the blood pushed out by the next compression. Manikins with a recoil indicator help learners notice the habit.

How is the airway opened on the manikin?

With the head-tilt, chin-lift manoeuvre: one hand on the forehead tilts the head back while two fingertips lift the chin, which lifts the tongue off the back of the throat. On most CPR manikins a breath given without opening the airway does not make the chest rise, which teaches the step.

How should the manikin be cleaned between users?

Use a face shield or a replaceable face and airway for each learner where possible, and disinfect the face and mouth area between users with wipes suited to the manikin’s material. Follow the maker’s cleaning instructions for internal airways or lung bags.

What does advanced mean for a CPR manikin?

It usually signals functions beyond a basic torso, such as feedback on compression depth, rate and recoil or on breath volume. The functions of this model are not listed in its title, so ask for the feature list when you enquire.

Last Updated: September 2026