Czy kiedykolwiek podczas ćwiczeń resuscytacji na kursie pierwszej pomocy zastanawiałeś się do kogo należy twarz najpopularniejszego fantoma? Znaczna większość bez wahania odpowie, że należy do aktorki, piosenkarki, a nawet do samego twórcy pierwszych lalek przeznaczonych do resuscytacji krążeniowo oddechowej. Jednak historia zaczyna się mrocznie, a mianowicie od śmierci 16-letniej dziewczyny.
No one would have thought that this tragedy would save millions of lives, even though the teenager's life ended prematurely. No one knows why the young girl took her own life. The only thing that is certain is that the deceased was pulled from the Seine. Her body was taken to the morgue and put on public display so that someone could recognize and identify her. In those days, the people of France publicly displayed the corpse. It was considered the best way to identify the bodies of the dead. Despite numerous onlookers, the Stranger from the Seine was never recognized.
The stranger from the Seine looked calm even in death, as if asleep. People saw a trace of peace and a smile on the girl's face. More and more people talked about her face. The manager of the morgue where the body was housed was so fascinated by the girl's facial expression that he made a plaster cast of her before her burial. The girl's likeness became an absolute phenomenon in terms of popularity, as well as sales. Initially, the mask was sold in souvenir stores in Paris. Over time, the effigy made its way to Germany and then throughout Europe. Soon the girlish figure was appearing in every store as a decoration, sculpture or painting. Albert Camus, a famous French writer, called her the “Sunken Mona Lisa.” The likeness quickly became an icon of the salons of the time across the continent. The exact story of the fate of the Stranger of the Seine is not fully known. Perhaps it is merely a legend that has been given for 150 years.Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
A phantom called Little Annie
Pół wieku później, syn Asmunda Laerdala, producenta zabawek, prawie utonął. Uratował go ojciec, który wykonał reanimację. Gdy grupa lekarzy odkryła w jaki sposób chłopiec przeżył, poprosiła Asmunda Leardala o zrobienie lalki treningowej. Manekin miał pomóc w ćwiczeniach serii oddechów i uciśnięć klatki piersiowej. Twórca zabawek rozpoczął proces tworzenia lalki, która miała pomóc w nauce RKO. Laerdal spotkał się z nie lada wyzwaniem technicznym, ponieważ musiał nadać lalce konkretny wyraz twarzy, który odzwierciedlałby człowieka. Podczas przygotowania fizjonomii manekina przypomniał sobie o pewnej ozdobie wiszącej w domu jego teściów, czyli o gipsowej podobiznie dziewczynki wyłowionej z Sekwany. Tak powstał znany nam dziś fantom, któremu artysta nadał imię Little Anne.
The effect of a series of unfortunate events
Certainly, this product is one of the greatest successes in the field of first aid, as well as a breakthrough in terms of new methods of saving lives. The technique of cardiopulmonary resuscitation has only been known to us since the l half of the 20th century. The new method has made it possible to save more than 2 million lives over 60 years, and will certainly help more.
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