The desire to resuscitate the suddenly dead is as old as recorded history. Nothing was more terrifying and mysterious as death, particularly in its sudden manifestation.
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Every sudden cardiac arrest starts with clinical death — and the race is on to provide treatment to stop the progression to biological death and restore signs of life.
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Who invented CPR? Who invented defibrillation? When did EMTs and paramedics begin resuscitation in the community and in peoples homes? The answers are all in a 40 minute video on the history of EMS.
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The first successful human defibrillation occurred 70 years ago in 1947. Much has happened since that milestone.
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The first EMS program designed to treat cardiac arrest began 50 years ago in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and spawned the onset of paramedic programs in the United States.
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