Peter Knuth

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Peter Knuth (born September 13, 1946 ; † February 21, 2012 in Krefeld ) was a German doctor , emergency physician and association official.

Peter Knuth

Life

Knuth grew up in Krefeld and joined the North Rhine-Westphalia police in 1964 , where he trained as a police officer . In 1972 he was appointed police commissioner and 1975 chief police commissioner in North Rhine-Westphalia . In the same year he began training as a paramedic and then a medical degree at the University in Dusseldorf . During this time he was often active in the ground and air rescue service .

After completing his studies, he began his specialist training in anesthesia in Krefeld in 1981. He continued to be very active in the ambulance service. Among other things, he wrote his dissertation on the effectiveness of the ground and air rescue services in the cities of Cologne and Düsseldorf. At the same time, he began studying at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia in Gelsenkirchen , which he graduated in 1985 with a degree in administrative management (FH). After his specialist certification, Knuth worked briefly as chief physician in Hammelburg before moving to the German Medical Association in 1986 as managing physician and head of the advanced training department .

Professional policy

At the German Medical Association, he set up the committee for "Emergency / Disaster Medicine and Sanitation", which still exists today, and contributed to the creation of the emergency medical service certificate as a basic qualification for emergency doctors as well as the basis for the position of medical director of the emergency medical service (ÄLRD) . He participated in the nationwide introduction of the chief emergency doctor in Germany and the development of standards and recommendations for further training. After the Ramstein flight conference in particular, there was a growing awareness in Germany that a medical management function at the location of the damage was necessary in the event of major damage. He was also significantly involved in the reform of the medical training regulations in 1992.

He was a co-founder of the German Advisory Council for First Aid and Resuscitation at the German Medical Association and the Federal Association of Working Groups of Emergency Doctors in Germany (BAND). In 1997 he changed to the professional association of German internists (BDI) as managing director , where in 2004 he changed to the position of general manager . Here he was instrumental in promoting the independence of the subjects of internal medicine and general medicine . As of December 31, 2005, he left this position.

He then worked as a freelance journalist. In 2007 he began studying law at the Hagen Open University .

Private

Peter Knuth had two daughters.

Awards

Publications

  • Peter Knuth: Comparative study on the effectiveness of the ground emergency medical services in Düsseldorf and Cologne and the rescue helicopter Christoph Cologne . Dissertation at the Medical Faculty of the University of Düsseldorf in 1983.
  • Christoph Biesing, Peter Knuth (Ed.): First aid in acute danger to life . Stumpf and Kossendey, Edewecht 1988, ISBN 3-923124-19-8 (= The manual for daily practice , Volume 2).
  • Peter Knuth, Peter Sefrin (Ed.): Emergencies according to key symptoms: with 29 tables . Founded by Franz-Carl Loch on behalf of the German Medical Association . 5th, revised edition. Deutscher Ärzte-Verlag, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3-7691-0424-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c BDI aktuell April 2012 (PDF; 356 kB) accessed June 24, 2012
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g D. Stratmann, P. Sefrin: In Memoriam: Professor Peter Knuth . In: Notarzt , 2012, pp. 137-138, Georg Thieme Verlag
  3. ↑ Comparative study on the effectiveness of the ground emergency medical services in Düsseldorf and Cologne and the rescue helicopter Christoph Cologne . DNB 212246682
  4. ↑ a b Former BDI boss Knuth has died . In: Ärzte Zeitung online, February 24, 2012; Retrieved June 21, 2012
  5. ↑ Recommendations of the German Medical Association for advanced training to become a "Senior Emergency Doctor" ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundesaerztekammer.de
  6. ↑ a b c Peter Knuth †: Farewell to a veteran . In: Dtsch Arztebl , 2012, 109 (11): A-543, B-467, C-463; Retrieved June 21, 2012
  7. ↑ BDI internal 06/2005 (PDF; 122 kB) accessed June 24, 2012
  8. ↑ List of the laureates of the Rudolph Frey Medal ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. DGAI; accessed June 24, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dgai.de
personal data
SURNAME Knuth, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor, emergency physician and association official
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1946
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 2012
Place of death Krefeld