Peter Safar: Father of modern cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Peter Safar: father of modern cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Countless numbers of people owe their lives to the quick application of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The technique of coupling positive pressure ventilation and external cardiac compression was the result of the work of Peter Safar, who is also credited with the creation of one of the first intensive care units in the United States as well as one of the first paramedic emergency service...

Peter J. Safar, MD: "father of CPR," innovator, teacher, humanist.

PETER J. SAFAR, MD, HAS SPENT HIS career giving life to people. Known as the “Father of CPR,” Safar is credited with helping create the first US intensive care unit and the first paramedic emergency service. His latest research focuses on developing “suspended animation for delayed resuscitation,” which is finding a way to protect the brain and heart of trauma patients in the field through ther...

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Comparison of Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation with Conventional Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Is Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Beneficial?

BACKGROUND With improvements in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques, the quality and the effectiveness of CPR have been established; nevertheless, the survival rate after cardiac arrest still remains poor. Recently, many reports have shown good outcomes in cases where extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was used during prolonged CPR. Accordingly, we attempted to evaluate the i...