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Peter Safar (12 April 1924 – 3 August 2003) was an Austrian anesthesiologist of Czech descent. He is credited with pioneering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Early life
Sep 3, 2018 · In 1966, while Safar was away at a medical conference, his 11 year old daughter Elizabeth fell into an asthma induced coma and died. Safar became convinced that lay people, not just doctors, had to be involved in resuscitation if lives were to be saved.
Aug 6, 2003 · Dr. Peter Safar, an anesthesiologist who developed lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques that are widely used today, died on Sunday at his home in Pittsburgh. He was 79. The cause was...
Editor's Note: A giant of modern medicine, specifically emergency and critical care medicine, has been lost with the passing of Dr. Peter Safar on August 3, 2003. Although he was called...
Mar 26, 2023 · Atavist Magazine reports that not only was Safar one of the physicians attending to Mayor Lawrence after he collapsed, but Safar's own daughter had died in June 1966 because of a lack of pre-hospital emergency care, which made the issue of emergency services incredibly personal for him.
- Marina Manoukian
Aug 7, 2003 · Dr. Peter Safar, a pioneer in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency medicine, has died. He was 79. Safar died of cancer Sunday evening at his suburban Pittsburgh home.
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Feb 7, 2020 · After a brief time training in anesthesiology at the University of Pennsylvania, Safar moved to Lima, Peru and founded the country’s first academic anesthesiology department. In 1954, Safar became Chief of the Anesthesiology Department at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
