Straight from Davos, via Jeff Jarvis, comes news that first aid kits, which haven't been overhauled since the First World War, are now changing in Britain with the addition of a tongue sucker.
Designed by four young students from the Royal College of Art after the 2005 London tube bombings, tongue suckers are designed to avoid blocked airways and suffocation.
"If you don't open the airway before the paramedics arrive there is no point in them arriving anyway,"
said one of the inventors, after winning a prestigious 2007 design award.
It looks like a turkey baster, but will keep the airways open of an unconscious person and can be applied by anyone.
Video and demonstration here
Posted by Jill Fallon at January 23, 2008 12:47 PM | Permalink