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Peter Safar
Born12 April 1924
Vienna, Austria
Died3 August 2003 (aged 79)
Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania
Known forCardiopulmonary resuscitation
Scientific career
FieldsAnesthesiology

Peter Safar (12 April 1924 – 3 August 2003) was an Austrian anesthesiologist of Czech descent. He is credited with pioneering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

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medical technician (EMT) trainees in the United States. Pittsburgh's Peter Safar is referred to as the father of CPR. In 1967, he began training unemployed...

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University of Vienna

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Pope Pius III, Hans Popper, Karl Popper, Otto Preminger, Wilhelm Reich, Peter Safar, Monika Salzer, Mordecai Sandberg, Mordkhe Schaechter, Karl Schenkl,...

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suspended animation, is treatment of traumatic injury. In 1984 CPR pioneer Peter Safar and U.S. Army surgeon Ronald Bellamy proposed suspended animation by...

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work at Magen David Adom was based upon studies she conducted with Dr. Peter Safar and the Freedom House Paramedics of Pittsburgh. Magen David Adom is mainly...

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History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood. In 1956, Elam met Peter Safar (1924 – 2003) — also an anesthesiologist — and persuaded him to join...

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Rapid sequence induction

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observation of bilateral chest rise. First described by William Stept and Peter Safar in 1970, "classical" or "traditional" RSI involves pre-filling the patient's...

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economist and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007) 1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician and academic (d. 2003) 1924 – Curtis Turner, American...

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178–198. ISBN 978-0-07-180913-9 Wright, Pearce (2003-08-13). "Obituary: Peter Safar". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-12-06 Tintinalli, Judith (2016)...

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polio vaccine by Jonas Salk, helped to develop emergency medicine under Peter Safar, and pioneered organ transplantation under the direction of Thomas Starzl...

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Laerdal

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Dr. Peter Safar about the need for a lifelike manikin to train the new concept of mouth-to-mouth ventilation. Together, Laerdal, Lind and Safar developed...

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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

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the University of Pittsburgh, pediatric psychoanalyst Benjamin Spock, Peter Safar who pioneered CPR and the world's first intensive care training program...

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List of Czech Americans

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face transplant in United States and the third overall in the world Peter Safar, Austrian physician of Czech descent, who is credited with pioneering...

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puppeteer (b. 1933) 1999 – Willie Morris, American writer (b. 1934) 2003 – Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924) 2004 – Ferenc Berényi...

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haven't seen UPMC do the right thing." Jonas Salk Thomas Starzl Freddie Fu Peter Safar Eugene Nicholas Myers Yuan Chang Thomas Detre Joseph Maroon Herbert A...

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University of Pittsburgh

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"father of project management" (David I. Cleland), the "father of CPR" (Peter Safar), and the "father of organ transplantation" (Thomas Starzl). The university...

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Society of Critical Care Medicine

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president of the Society. In 1972, Peter Safar became the second president of Society of Critical Care Medicine. Safar is credited with pioneering CPR....

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