When is World Restart A Heart Day?

Monday October 16th

The World Restart a Heart Day, on October 16th, raises the hopes that everyone can learn CPR and other basic life-saving tips. In addition, the day honors the number of lives that are saved each year by CPR each year.

World Restart A Heart Day - October 16

Who invented CPR? Who invented it? Who invented CPR? This question may be a straightforward one to answer. However, this isn't the case as CPR has changed through the years. Doctors and surgeons have battled to find the right way to restore a heart after it hasn't beat for centuries.

Cpr timeline

Practitioners used several variations 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 also introduced more efficient techniques as they continued to develop in medicine.

William Tossach, a surgeon from Scotland, was one of the first to successfully use mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in 1732. In 1782, the Bellows Method became the most effective way to inflate the lungs artificially. However, the Bellows Method became the most popular way to inflate the lungs artificially.