Prestan Professional or Ultralite? Which do I want to use in my training?

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Both styles of Prestan CPR training manikins are in stock and available now from MCR Medical Supply. We're happy to discuss CPR manikins and all of our products either over the phone at 614-782-2100 or email sales@mcrmedical.com.

We look forward to speaking with you and fulfilling your CPR Training needs!

Rub-a-dub-dub, but don't put that manikin in the tub!

A question I receive quite often is:

How do I clean and disinfect my CPR training manikins during and especially after class? 

Protecting our students from disease transmission is always important, now more than ever, with the rise in antibiotic resistant strains of bad bugs. The importance of using PPE (vinyl or nitrile gloves and CPR masks) during practice, as well an emphasis on effective hand washing must be a part of everyone's class, all the time.  These simple steps are the first line of defense against various types of diseases, even life threatening respiratory illness and intestinal distress.

Some professional CPR training manikins can be cleaned and disinfected according to CDC guidelines. Instructors should carefully follow all manufacturers’ recommendations and verify the products used to clean / disinfect are appropriate for their particular manikin and will not damage it. While the risk of infection from CPR manikin training is very low, it is still present. Help further minimize the risk by using proper cleaning and disinfection procedures.

If students are sharing a manikin during class:
Between each student, encourage vigorous wiping of the manikin's face, mouth and chest with a gauze pad wet with 70% isopropyl alcohol or a comparable disinfecting product. Leave the surface wet for at least 30 seconds before wiping dry.

After class:
Scrub and wipe the entire manikin with either Clorox®-type disinfecting wipes or a mixture of ¼ cup of non-scented liquid chlorine bleach per gallon of water. Leave wiped surfaces wet with the solution for 10 minutes. 
Internal surfaces can be cleaned using rubbing alcohol which will both decontaminate surfaces and aid in drying, preventing fungal growth.

Disinfection protocols change. Stay up-to-date by viewing current CDC guidelines. 

Ultralite™ and ultra affordable!

Admittedly, I'm not as young as I use to be. Carrying 30 pounds of Laerdal Little Annes up four flights of stairs sure was taking a toll on my knees and back. By the time class started, exhaustion had already stolen most of my strength.  I love teaching and didn't want to abandon my passion, but the arduous journey to reach some client's classrooms forced me to consider this option.

 Enter the Prestan® Professional Ultralite™ manikin. A godsend at only 13 pounds for the 4-pack! But what about the quality? At  $340 for the 4-pack, how good can they really be?  Not surprisingly, I found them to have the same quality and durability we've all come to expect from Prestan® Professional products. The CPR training manikins have neither a compression depth clicker, nor LED rate monitors, but truthfully, I don't miss them. Especially if we're doing a recertification class where the students are experienced CPR practitioners. 

Fellow instructors who currently use other portable manikins such as Actar, CPR Prompt and Basic Buddy will prefer the quality of the Ultralite™ for their CPR training-on-the-go. And you can ditch that lung bag insertion tool!

Schools, aquatic centers, mass training centers as well as general work place trainers will appreciate this latest offering from Prestan. The vinyl and latex free Ultralites, while only available in medium skin tone, offer a quality choice in CPR training manikins for budget-conscious organizations.    

Prestan Professional's most portable manikin training kit includes: 4 Manikin Torsos, 4 Manikin Heads, 4 Compression Pistons, Nylon Piston Bag, 50-pack Lung Bags, Nylon Carrying Case with Detachable Shoulder Strap and an Instruction Sheet. 

Features of the Prestan® Ultralite™ manikin:

• Uniquely fast and easy set-up.
• Stackable torsos and heads generate a compact package for transporting multiple units.
• Clamshell torso opening provides quick access for the easy-to-insert lung bag.
• Realistic skin resists dirt, grime and grease.
• Adequate upper chest sizing facilitates AED pad placement and training.
• Visual anatomy landmarks reinforce proper hand placement for compressions.
• Head-tilt illustrates how to open the airway and allows each student to observe a true chest rise when proper head-tilt chin-lift technique is used.
• Life tested to a half-million compressions.
• Manikins are easy to clean and capable of being decontaminated per CDC guidelines.
• Three-year factory warranty against defects in workmanship.

MCR Medical invites you to Gobble Up the savings!

Welcome to MCR Medical Supply's very first, Black Friday / Cyber Monday sale!  We've never had such a sale before in the six year history of our company and we're all very excited to offer exceptional price reductions on some of our most popular and big ticket items.

While our business model has always been to find, and now develop, products that work well and pass the cost-effective savings onto you, our valued customers, after months of planning we're poised to bring you even more substantial savings!     

But why the sale? We're both making room to stock new items as well as re-pricing current offerings based on special permissions received from a few vendors to advertise exceptional pricing on products we distribute for them.  We won't always be able to offer these better-than-great values, so I encourage you to take us up on this while you can!

And there are lots of shopping options; look for deals on premium CPR and First Aid Training items on our website, eBay and Amazon stores. Watch for promo codes and more details to be published on Google+, Twitter and Facebook.

Black Friday-Cyber Monday discounts START THANKSGIVING DAY!  
After the thanks have been given and you've stuffed yourself to bursting, don't rush out to battle the cold and crowds. Relax in front of the web and browse our CPR, First Aid and disaster preparedness supplies in the comfort of slippers and sweats.  

This just in -- In time for the holiday sale, we have extended our free shipping offer to include Alaska and Hawaii!!! Now, orders over $100 at MCRmedical.com ship for free to the whole United States, INCLUDING Alaska, Hawaii, and APO/FPO armed forces mailboxes!

Make room for 2015!
Next year promises to be a very exciting year for the company with the introduction of new products and the re-introduction of redeveloped old favorites. Tweets to follow when those are available. 

Most importantly, I'd like to offer a heartfelt Thank You everyone for a great year.  We here at MCR Medical very much appreciate your business and are honored to continue serving you in 2015 and beyond! 

The MCR Medical CPR mask drought is finally over!

BVM-3081

 Summer sales have been especially brisk this year.  I suppose that's true for the season too. I distinctly remember telling someone, "you know, it's just six months til Christmas!"  Now, it's a little more than four months!  Lamentably, where has the time gone?
 
Looks too, like everyone is having their previously strangled training budget-belts slightly loosened. They can replace their 15+ year old CPR training manikins with new Prestan ones. I know I for one am getting much too old to lug those Laerdal Annes up and down flights of stairs. 

I'm looking forward to having one of my favorite products back in stock, our Adult/Child Training BVM in a hard case. The infant is great too, but as an old CPR rescuer, I never learned to resuscitate using a truly infant sized BVM.  We worked with what we had and nine times out of ten, that was an adult Ambu bag.  

The carrying case that holds the training BVM's contents is awesome.  Roomy enough to add other training necessities and sturdy enough to last through a couple drops - oopsie!  My students get a real feeling for what can be described as the art of resuscitating using a bag valve mask; without fail they say it's not as easy as it looks on TV!  That comment always makes me laugh.

Our restocking shipment is set to arrive this Monday, August 18, 2014.  In that shipment will be our training masks (MCRTM-I / MCRTM-A) and yes, they will still come with free training valves (MCRTV)!  Also coming are RM-2033s, RM-2071s and our adult/child as well as infant training BVMs.      

Thank you everyone for your patience during our supply drought.  It is very much appreciated as is your continued shopper loyalty.  We promise to keep bringing you great CPR and First Aid supplies! Now, if we could only get the American Heart Association to let us stock their books and DVDs.....

My directorial debut

I'm so excited!

Last Thursday, we shot the video for the new Prestan Professional AED trainer.  What a great learning experience!  It was so cool to see the behind the scenes - to see what it really takes to make, what looks to us, a seamless one-take video.  One take ..ha!  How many times can the talent point to that button?! Or close that lid?!  I admire their patience and perseverance.

We're working with the folks at Jumpstart Video Productions and the voice talent of Theresa Seiders at That's All She Read Voice Overs.  What a great group of professionals. I can't wait to see the finished product, feeling now like a kid on Christmas Eve.

I hope to share the video with you all soon - sometime around the first of December.  We're doing something else rather cool too.  Shooting an introductory video, kind of a,' Hey, check out this new product' thing as well as instructional segments on how to put the unit together, work the buttons and such.  I've been getting quite a few calls lately from customers who want to see it in action.  Patience grasshoppa, patience.

So!  Make sure to stay tuned as I'll be posting the videos soon.