CPR

1740   The Paris Academy of Sciences officially recommended mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for drowning victims. 1767   The Society for the Recovery of Drowned Persons became the first organized effort to deal with sudden and unexpected death. 1891   Dr. Friedrich Maass performed the first equivocally documented chest compression in humans. 1903   Dr. George Crile reported the first successful … Read more

When rescuers arrived to Missouri’s Lake Sainte Louise on Jan. 19 after reports that three 14-year-old boys had fallen through the ice, John Smith had already been underwater for 15 minutes. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports he was taken to a hospital with no pulse, and while his companions were treated for hypothermia, staff performed … Read more

A regional Canadian hockey team almost had a tragedy on its hands when a fan collapsed before a game on Sunday in Newfoundland. Luckily, Gander Flyers goaltender Patrick O’Brien doubles as a paramedic, so he was able to clop out from the locker room in half his gear to perform life-saving CPR on the middle-aged … Read more