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Julius E. Stolfi, MD
New Fairfield, Conn

JAMA. 1985;254(23):3309-3310.

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To the Editor.—

In their article on prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Cummins and Eisenberg¹ make the statement that "Cobb and co-workers in Seattle pioneered the concept of citizen CPR [cardiopulmonary resuscitation] as early as 1971." Although Cobb et al did much to popularize the concept, the record will show that the plan to train "all able-bodied persons over the age of 10 to perform CPR" was originally presented by me in December 1971 at the Second National Conference on Emergency Health Services² in Bethesda, Md, speaking on behalf of the American College of Physicians.

The following April at the annual session in Atlantic City, NJ, a resolution³ to the effect that the college's total membership, which was 22,000 at that time, join with the American Heart Association in a national effort to mass-train citizens was approved unanimously by the regents and governors. The New York Times (April 20, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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