The Father of CPR died

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Published on August 3, 2023 8:02:32 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGDXrJzbs8

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Additional Fun Fact: The designer chose a woman’s face for the resuscitation doll because he thought male trainees might be reluctant to “kiss” a man's face.

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Dr Safar’s CPR studies with the Baltimore Fire Department led him to realize that prehospital care across the nation was completed via station wagons or hearses, with no treatment given en route and he eventually became deeply involved in first responder training for decades.

And in 1958 Dr Safar led the establishment of the US’s first intensive care unit and throughout the

Safar practiced and taught clinical anesthesiology at Presbyterian University Hospital in Pittsburgh until the age of 65, but he continued his research activities until his death.

His lifelong goal was to "save the hearts and brains of those too young to die" and to improve the life-saving potential in disasters, a field he called "Disaster Reanimatology.

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