Peter Safar

Peter Safar ( born April 12, 1924 in Vienna, Austria, † August 3, 2003 in Pittsburgh, USA) was an American anesthesiologist Austro- Czech origin. He has substantial elements of the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, researched and established their use in resuscitation and the modern rescue medicine. He is therefore called sometimes "the father of cardiopulmonary resuscitation ".

Life

Peter Safar finished the study of medicine in 1948 at the University of Vienna. In 1950 he moved with his wife Eva Kyzivat to Yale, USA, where he underwent training to become anesthesiologist. In the 50s, he began to conduct research on issues of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ventilation. In 1958 he established the first intensive care unit of the United States. At the University of Pittsburgh In 1961 he was Professor and Head of the anesthesia department, where he built the largest academic institution in the U.S. anesthesia.

After the death of his daughter Elisabeth to an asthma attack at the age of 11 years (1966 ) he founded in 1967 the first paramedic -based rescue service, the Freedom House Ambulance Service Enterprise.

Safar realized together with Asmund Laerdal that for effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation missing practice facilities. Therefore, the two developed from 1958, the Resusci Anne, a doll in the form of a human body (sometimes just the torso ), could be trained at the starting series production in 1960.

In 1976 he was involved in the founding of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. He came back in 1979 from his position as Chief of Anesthesia Department and founded the International Resuscitation Research Center (later in Safar Center for Resuscitation Research renamed). In 1989, he went into retirement.

Peter Safar was a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and the World Federalist Association.

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