Pool Rescue Manikin

$944.00 – $1,354.00

Enhance your lifeguard training programs with the Ruth Lee Pool Rescue Training Manikin, an award-winning training tool designed to provide a realistic and effective rescue experience.

Whether training for deep-water retrieval, towing, or poolside extraction, this manikin eliminates the need for live volunteers while ensuring consistency in training.

By incorporating the Ruth Lee Pool Rescue Training Manikin into your training programme, you can significantly improve the preparedness and confidence of your lifeguard team, ultimately enhancing safety at your aquatic facilities.

In 2022, the manikin was recognized as one of Aquatic International Magazine’s “Most Valuable Products” and in 2024, the Pool Rescue Manikin won the King’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation. This is the top UK business award and recognizes how the manikin has transformed lifeguard training around the world.

A plastic half torso, with no limbs does NOT accurately replicate a real casualty or provide guards with experience of what it is like to recover a submerged body from the bottom of the pool! We can help our lifeguards to train more effectively!

Developed for a Canadian lifeguard who was frustrated with what she considered to be outdated and disjointed training processes, Ruth Lee collaborated with the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK) during the design to create a manikin that helps trainees practice essential lifeguard techniques in a safe and controlled environment.

Lifeguards can complete a full simulated rescue from start to finish. The Pool Rescue Manikin will sink when submerged yet remains buoyant enough for realistic towing. The reinforced, flexible structure allows trainees to practice correct lifting techniques during extrication from the pool, making it an essential tool for lifeguard certifications and rescue training programs.

Using the Ruth Lee Pool Rescue manikin, trainers can assess each employee accurately and fairly. It provides guards with the skills and confidence to know they can recover a weighted body from the bottom of the pool and is also useful for occupational fitness training and assessment.

Realistic Buoyancy: Engineered to sink when placed in water yet buoyant enough to float when towed, accurately simulating an drowned casualty.
Comprehensive Training Capabilities: Enables lifeguards to perform complete simulated rescues—from bottom-of-the-pool retrieval to towing and lifting—without the need to switch between different equipment or live volunteers.
Durable Construction: Made from reinforced nylon mesh, the manikin allows water ingress for sinking and facilitates rapid drainage when removed from the pool. Flexible arms, reinforced with strong webbing, permit the practice of proper lifting techniques.
Enhanced Performance Assessment: Trainers can easily identify areas for improvement, such as towing speed, as the manikin’s legs will sink if a consistent pace is not maintained.
Fairer, safer assessments: Using the Pool Rescue manikin allows all lifeguards to be assessed equally with one size and weight (compared to using volunteer casualties).
Build confidence and occupational fitness: As well as providing lifeguards with a more realistic rescue experience, to build their confidence to recover someone from the bottom of the pool; it is also useful for occupational fitness training and assessment as it provides a more realistic measure of their strength to lift and move a person in the water.