Peter Sefrin

Peter Sefrin (born May 20, 1941 in Heidelberg ) is a doctor ( anesthesiology and emergency medicine ), author of medical books and a functionary in numerous organizations. He shaped many areas of German emergency and disaster medicine , gave significant impetus to the development of the rescue system and, with his professional and political influence, still sets priorities in rescue service work today .

He lives in Würzburg , where he has worked at the Julius Maximilians University there since 1964 , most recently as senior physician at the Institute for Anesthesiology. He has held a professorship for preclinical emergency medicine since 1996 and has been a lecturer in emergency medicine even after retiring from active clinical service in 2006.

Professional career

Peter Sefrin studied medicine at the University of Würzburg from 1961 to 1967 and graduated with the state examination.

His time as a medical assistant lasted until 1969, on September 30, 1969, he received his medical license . He then worked as an assistant to Karl-Heinz Weis at the Institute for Anaesthesiology at the University of Würzburg until 1973 , where he also received his doctorate in 1970 .

On November 7, 1973 Sefrin was recognized as a specialist in anesthesiology, he was still employed at the institute, since April 1, 1976 as an academic adviser in civil service for life. He completed his habilitation in 1978 with a thesis on changes in the metabolism of multiple injuries . He then took on a senior physician position with a focus on ear, nose and throat medicine , neurosurgery and ophthalmology . On May 1, 1980 he was promoted to the Academic Senior Council and on October 5, 1984 appointed as an adjunct professor .

In 1986 he moved back to the Institute of Anaesthesiology as the first senior physician and was a representative of the institute's board. In 1996 he received the professorship for preclinical emergency medicine and since 1997 has headed the newly created section for preclinical emergency medicine.

Peter Sefrin retired at the end of September 2006, but continues to be active in his areas of interest.

Scientific career and perception in the professional world

His first publications between 1965 and 1971 repeatedly dealt with the requirement to train all medical students in first aid .

In his scientific career he initially devoted himself primarily to the problems of resuscitation . A large number of own investigations, especially on cardiac pressure massage, served as the basis for general statements.

Starting in 1967, he played a key role in setting up the emergency medical service in Würzburg, both as a practical practitioner and as a scientific companion and author of numerous publications.

From 1976 to 1980, on behalf of the German Road Safety Council and the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, he headed a working group for the medical support of the project pilot project for emergency rescue in Lower Franconia , which provided important impetus for the restructuring of the rescue service.

He analyzed the protective effects of seat belts in cars in retrospective and prospective studies and examined the care of polytrauma patients as the basis of his habilitation thesis.

He scientifically worked out new therapy methods and new drug concepts in emergency medicine. In-house research in the field of emergency medicine, the technical equipment of the rescue service and the care of emergency patients was supplemented by contract research by the Federal Highway Research Institute (on the subject of children's accidents) and the Federal Office of Administration (on the supply of medical supplies in Germany).

More than 300 publications identify him as a specialist in the further development of emergency medicine. He is the editor of the book Emergency Therapy , a standard work in German emergency medicine.

He is often a guest of honor, speaker and / or moderator at conferences on the subject of emergency medicine and rescue services.

As an active emergency doctor in Würzburg, he temporarily drove a Porsche with blue lights as an emergency vehicle .

Offices and functions

He currently holds the following key positions:

• Deputy Chairman of the Federal Government's Joint Advisory Board for Traffic Medicine (since 1983)
• Deputy Chairman of the Medical Department in the Protection Commission at the Federal Ministry of the Interior
• Chairman of the Rescue and Disaster Medicine Section of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine (since 1983)
• Head of the Health Care and Rescue Service Department in the German Fire Brigade Association (since 1991)
• Editor of the magazine Der Notarzt - Emergency Medical Information (since 1984)
• Deputy Chairman of the Federal Association of Working Groups of Emergency Doctors in Germany (BAND)
• State doctor in the Bavarian Red Cross
• Federal doctor in the German Red Cross (since November 2009)
• Chairman of the Association of German Medical and Professional Press (since April 1996)

Important former offices:

• Former President of the German Society for Disaster Medicine (from 1989 to 1991, 1993 to 1994 and 2007 to 2008)
• former chairman of the Federal Association of Emergency Doctors Working Groups in Germany
• Former Federal Fire Brigade Doctor of the German Fire Brigade Association (until June 2010)
• Chairman of the Working Group of Emergency Doctors Working in Bavaria (AGBN), which he founded in 1981 (until November 2017)

Awards

• 1986: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
• 1990: Golden Diesel Ring for services to road safety, from the Association of Motor Journalists (VdM)
• 1993: Ernst von Bergmann plaque from the German Medical Association
• 1997: Rudolf Frey Medal for special merits in emergency medicine from the German Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI)
• 2004: Bavarian Order of Merit , awarded on July 12, 2004
• 2009: Silver badge of honor from the German Fire Brigade Association , awarded in November 2009
• 2016: Bavarian Constitutional Medal in Silver.

Publications (selection)

• Emergency therapy in the ambulance service. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich / Vienna / Baltimore 1977.

Web links

• Literature by Peter Sefrin in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} http://www.uni-protocol.de/nachrichten/id/72655/
2. ↑ Uni-Intern Würzburg , Edition 38, December 5, 2006.
3. ↑ Heinrich Klingshirn: The long way to a modern rescue service. Selected lectures 1980–2006. With an afterword by Peter Sefrin. W. Wolfsfellner MedizinVerlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-933266-84-2 .
4. ↑ Peter Sefrin (Ed.): Emergency therapy. First aid in the rescue service according to the recommendations of DIVI , 5th revision. and exp. Ed., Urban & Fischer Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-541-08155-4
5. ↑ To the emergency in the red Porsche. volksfreund.de, May 24, 2010, accessed December 17, 2015 . 
6. ↑ Subject areas ( Memento from July 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ http://www.dfv.org/fb-gesundheit-rettd.html , accessed on June 12, 2010
8. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated November 22, 2007 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. , accessed November 28, 2009 
9. ↑ http://www.drk.de/pressemmeldung/archiv/2009/11/13/meldung/2900-rotkreuz-praesidium-rudolf-seiters-einstimmig-als-praesident-wiedergwaehlt.html  ( page no longer available , search in Web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 28, 2009  
10. ↑ http://www.medizinjournalisten.de/ , accessed on November 28, 2009
11. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 5, 2013 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. 
12. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 22, 2015 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. , accessed June 12, 2010 
13. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2013 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. , accessed November 28, 2009 
14. ↑ br.de: The Sefrin era ends - the Bavarian emergency doctors' group is reorganizing
15. ↑ ^{a b} Jürgen Schüttler (Ed.): 50 Years of the German Society for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine - Tradition & Innovation , Springer Verlag, 2003, ISBN 978-3-540-00057-0 (page 562)
16. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated February 23, 2008 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. 
17. ↑ Notices from the German Society for Disaster Medicine  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Munich 2004, p. 10, accessed on November 28, 2009.  
18. ↑ Deutsche Feuerwehr-Zeitung , German Fire Brigade Association, Berlin, December 2009 edition.