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Feb 7, 2020 · This week, our heroes are James Elam and Peter Safar, the two physicians who discovered and popularized modern cardiopulmonary resuscitation, also known as CPR. Elam and Safar’s modern method of CPR is taught to people across the world as the go-to way to resuscitate an unresponsive person.
Aug 4, 2003 · The American Heart Association (AHA) confirmed Dr Peter Safar had died on Sunday, but did not give a cause of death. The doctor - whose pioneering efforts have saved countless lives - was born...
- But Who Was Anne? The Girl from The River Seine
- Original 1970s Resusci Anne
- Recording Resusci-Annie
In the late 1880s, the body of a young girl was pulled from the River Seine at Quai du Louvre in Paris, France. There was no evidence of violence and it was assumed she had taken her own life. Since she could not be identified, a death mask was made; which was customary in such cases. The young girl’s delicate beauty and smile added to the enigma o...
The first Resusci-Annies were crude and simple compared to the electronic descendants made today, but they were effective, giving thousands the opportunity to practice the hands on skills that for many would be very rarely used. Instructors showed how to properly extend the neck in order to open the airway and ventilate; the neck had embedded rubbe...
The next generation of Resusci-Annie were made with foam rather than a blowup body. Measurement of successful ventilation and compression was provided by pressure sensors which lit a display on a mounted pod. The pod also contained an electronic metronome to teach the appropriate compression rates. Perfection in performance became the requirement f...
Safar has been called “the father of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation” (CPR.) His work, together with that of Dr. James Elam (1918-1995), led directly to the development of today’s CPR technique, and to the design of CPR training mannequins.
#HeroesOfProgress ⚡️ | This week, our heroes are James Elam and Peter Safar, the two physicians who discovered and popularized modern cardiopulmonary...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Together with James Elam, he rediscovered the initial steps in CPR. These included the head tilt and chin lift maneuver to open the airway of an unconscious victim, as well as the mouth-to-mouth breathing.
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James Elam, in 1954 was the first to demonstrate experimentally that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was a sound technique and, with Dr. Peter Safar, he demonstrated its superiority to previous methods.
