Welcome to the webpages of Laerdal Canada!

These pages are the result of an effort from the people at Laerdal to provide you, our customers, partners and collaborators, easily accessible information about our products and services.

You will find that the information is structured according to five main types of documents: Product information, News, Topics, FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) and Events.

  • Product information:
    At Laerdal we group our products into two main categories: Training Products and Therapeutic Products.

    Our Training Products include manikins and accessories for training basic and advance life support procedures, trauma training, as well as the newly launched patient simulation products (SimMan and AirMan).

    Our Therapeutic Products include defibrillators, airway management devices and spinal immobilization devices such as neck collars and immobilization boards.

    All products are organized hierarchically, meaning that you will find parts for a particular product by navigating to the product in question. However, you can always jump directly to the product you are looking for by entering the product/part number in the search box in the upper left corner of the page. You can also search all documents for a particular word or combination of words.

    When you are navigating the product catalog, you will see that there is a ’path’ indicating where you are in the catalog hierarchy on the upper part of the page. You can always click this path to jump to go up one or more levels in the hierarchy.
  • News:
    We will strive to provide you with news of interesting developments within the operational field in which we operate, such as new clinical research and practice as well as news about Laerdal product offerings, updated service offerings, links to new software updates and so forth. Shortly you will even be able to subscribe to these news, so that you can always be informed about the 'latest and greatest' from Laerdal.
  • Current Topics:
    This part of the site is dedicated to feature presentations about interesting developments in our field and typically how this is relevant for the development and use of Laerdal products. As you can see, such topics include simulation, the use of Automated External Defibrillators and so on. We will update this section with new articles a few times every month.
  • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's):
    As you can see under the FAQ's tab, we have published a number of frequently asked questions already, and will post more as we accumulate more input from our customers. In some cases (where the questions are tied directly to a product) you will find a link to relevant questions on the main page of a particular product presentation. If you cannot find your question on the list, we encourage you to use the 'Ask Laerdal' page, where you are welcome to pose your question. The question will be directed to people in at the local Laerdal sales office, their names and pictures are represented on the 'Ask Laerdal' page, who promise to respond quickly to your request.

    Here at Laerdal we respect your privacy, and promise not to use the information you supply us with, such as name, address and email-address for other purposes than for that which it was collected.
  • Events:
    This is our calendar of events, and how you can find information about important shows and exhibitions, when our sales representatives are visiting your area and so on.

    Local language:
    As you can see, most documents are currently in English. However, we will strive to update you also with local information, and over time we will also provide you with the whole site in your local language for most of our markets. Which language is shown as default is determined by which domain you are on (www.laerdal.no for Norwegian, www.laerdal.it for Italian and so on.) Please note that each domain, while containing the same basic information, has been tailored for one market. As such, not all information from all domains will be relevant and correct in all markets. As a general rule, you should point your browser to the domain that is default for your country to be certain to view the most correct information for your market.

    E-commerce:

    As you can see browsing the product catalog, you will not be able to order products directly from this site for the time being. We are, however, working on developing an integrated solution that will allow all of our customers to order on-line, as well as check their order's shipping date and track it, check account status and a number of other features. This initiative will be rolled out in the biggest markets in Europe and the USA in 2001, whereas the rest of Europe will be included next year, and finally the Asian-Pacific region will follow after that. If you are already an active Laerdal customer, you will be contacted with more information about these services when they become available in your market.