About Us

Trainikins, Inc. was incorporated in Virginia in July 2003 by Dr. Elroy Cantrell, a practicing Emergency Room physician, and his daughter, Melissa Waugh, a health care attorney, for the purpose of developing and manufacturing unique CPR practice aids. Trainikins is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Elcare Innovations, Inc., which was also founded by Dr. Cantrell and Ms. Waugh. Elcare is a medical device research and development company, which holds the patent rights to several of Dr. Cantrell's inventions.

Both founders recognized that very few people remember how to do CPR shortly after taking a class. They wanted to create a practice aid that is inexpensive, non-threatening, and easy to use, but that also would be left out in the home and seen on a regular basis. They believed that if people could see the device, they would get an immediate memory prompt about CPR, but they may also pick it up and practice with it more often. Knowing that some people may need more prompting to remember to practice, they also initiated the CPR Teddy^TM Reminder Program. Users can sign up to receive quarterly reminders either by e-mail or postcard to practice with CPR Teddy^TM.

The mission of Trainikins, Inc. is to provide low-cost and user-friendly products to enable parents, grandparents, and other child care providers to practice their life-saving choking rescue and CPR skills on a regular basis.

We believe that every family deserves the added security of CPR Teddy^TM in their home.