What is World Restart A Heart Day?
World Restart a Heart Day, on October 16th, raises the possibility that anyone can learn CPR and other basic life-saving tips. The day also honors the number of lives that are saved each year by CPR each year.
Who invented CPR? Who invented CPR? This question may seem to be a straightforward one to answer. However, this isn't the case as CPR has morphed over the years. Doctors and surgeons have battled to find the right way to resurrect a heart after it hasn't beat for centuries.
Cpr timeline
Practitioners used various versions of the Bellows Method from the 1500s to 1800s – Practitioners used various versions of the Bellows Method. To force air into the lungs, this technique used fireplace bellows. They continued to develop in medicine, but they also introduced more efficient techniques.
William Tossach, a Scottish surgeon, was one of the first to successfully use mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in 1732. However, the Bellows Method became the most effective way to inflate the lungs artificially in 1782.
