Peter Safar
Peter Josef Safar (born April 12, 1924 in Vienna , Austria ; † August 3, 2003 in Pittsburgh , USA ) was an Austrian-American anesthetist of Austrian- Czech origin. He researched and established essential elements of mouth-to-mouth ventilation , their application in resuscitation and modern rescue medicine . That is why he is sometimes called the "father of cardiopulmonary resuscitation ".
Life
Peter J. Safar finished his studies in medicine at the University of Vienna in 1948 . In 1950 he moved with his wife Eva Kyzivat to Yale , USA, where he trained as an anesthetist. In the 1950s he began researching cardiopulmonary resuscitation and ventilation . In 1958 he founded the USA's first intensive care unit in Baltimore . At the University of Pittsburgh he became professor and head of the anesthesia department in 1961, where he built the largest academic anesthesia facility in the United States.
After the death of his daughter Elisabeth from an asthma attack at the age of 11 (1966), he founded the first paramedic- based ambulance service, the Freedom House Ambulance Service , in 1967 .
Together with Asmund Laerdal , Safar realized that there was a lack of exercise opportunities for effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Therefore, from 1958 onwards, the two of them developed the Resusci-Anne , a doll in the form of a human body (sometimes just the torso), which could be used for training from 1960 onwards.
In 1976 he helped found the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine . He stepped down from his position as director of the anesthesia department in 1979 and founded the International Resuscitation Research Center (later renamed the Safar Center for Resuscitation Research ). In 1989 he retired.
Peter Safar was a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility , International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, and the World Federalist Association . In 1987 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
literature
- J. Lenzer: Peter Josef Safar . In: BMJ. 327 (7415), 2003 Sept 13, p. 624 PMC 194106 (free full text)
- M. Mitka: Peter J. Safar, MD: "Father of CPR," Innovator, Teacher, Humanist. (PDF; 64 kB) In: JAMA. 2003 May 21; Volume 289 No. 19, pp. 2485-2486. PMID 12759308
- PM Kochanek, A. Grenvik: A tribute to Peter J. Safar, MD. In: Crit Care Med. 31 (11), 2003 Nov, pp. 2571-2573. PMID 14605525
Honors
- The street in front of the training center of the Vienna Red Cross in the Landstrasse district in Vienna , previously known as “Franzosengraben”, was named Safargasse on March 26, 2009 .
- In recognition of his life's work, Safar received the Golden City Hall Man of the City of Vienna on May 21, 1997.
Web links
- Safar Centers for Resuscitation Research
- Obituary for Peter Safar of the BBC (English)
- Dr. Peter Safar: A life devoted to cheating death. In: Pittsburg Post-Gazette. March 31, 2002.
- Biography in the Austria forum
Individual evidence
- ↑ limited preview in the Google book search
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Peter Safar
- ↑ City of Vienna ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2010 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. Safargasse: Municipal Council Committee for Culture and Science, meeting on October 7, 2008.
- ^ City of Vienna archive report of the town hall correspondence from May 21, 1997
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Safar, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Safar, Peter Josef (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American anesthetist of Austrian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 3, 2003 |
| Place of death | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , United States |