paramedics dollToward the end of our senior year in high school, we were required to take a CPR course.

The classes used the well-known Resusci manikin victim to practice. Typical of most models, this Resusci manikin was only a torso, to allow for storage in a carrying case.

The class went off in groups to practice.

As instructed, one of my classmates gently shook the doll and asked, "Are you all right?" He then put his ear over the manikin's mouth to listen for breathing.

Suddenly he turned to the instructor and exclaimed,

"He said he can't feel his legs!"