Abstract
This paper briefly looks at the life of Dr. Peter Safar. It provides an overview of his work in resuscitative medicine and his contribution to prehospital emergency care. The main emphasis of the paper centers on the recognition and the theory application of the prehospital resuscitative framework within education systems today.
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