Resuscitation

I recently watched the movie “The Water Horse” set during WWII. What was shocking to me was seeing how they basically did nothing to help a drowning victim breathe. We take mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and CPR for granted. Many people are trained these days to assist when the need arises. So it made me wonder. When did this all start? Here’s a brief history thanks to the American Heart Association.

1956 - mouth-to-mouth resuscitation invented
1960 - cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) developed
1972 - the world's first mass citizen training in CPR held in Seattle, Washington
1981 - dispatcher-assisted CPR program to provide telephone instructions in CPR began in King County, Washington

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