Laerdal Medical announces collaboration with Amerinet

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Laerdal Medical announces collaboration with Amerinet

Wappingers Falls, NY, February 2007 – Laerdal Medical Corporation announces a collaboration with a leading American group purchasing organization. Amerinet, based in St. Louis, Missouri, has awarded Laerdal a three-year contract for “Training Products and Compact Suction Products,” among others. The contract is effective through January 31, 2010.

Bruce Cadwell, Laerdal’s National Accounts Manager states,  “Our relationship with Amerinet further demonstrates our commitment and passion to partner with groups that align with Laerdal’s strategic vision as we ensure the reach for our products and our mission of saving lives throughout the healthcare market. We are excited about joining with Amerinet to offer our products and services to their membership.”

Amerinet strategically partners with health care providers to improve operating margins through a global supply spend management approach to reduce costs and create new revenue streams. Supported by a team of data and clinical experts that are equipped with state-of-the-art assessment tools, and a comprehensive portfolio of purchasing contracts, Amerinet identifies immediate cost-savings and provides a choice of quality, competitively priced products and services supplied by industry leaders. Amerinet serves more than 22,000 acute and non-acute health care providers nationwide. To learn more, visit www.amerinet-gpo.com.

About Laerdal Medical

Laerdal’s world headquarters is in Stavanger, Norway with its Americas operations in Wappinger Falls, NY. Over the last 50 years, Laerdal's Resusci® Anne and other CPR training manikins have helped train over 250 million people worldwide in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In keeping with the company's mission of helping save lives, Laerdal manufactures and distributes medical education and acute care products for the healthcare and emergency response communities. The recipient of numerous medical design awards, Laerdal is one of the foremost names in resuscitation, medical simulation, airway management, spinal immobilization, and basic and advanced life support products.

Contact:

Marion Young

Laerdal Medical Corporation

877-523-7325 ext. 4274

[email protected]