Peter Safar was born in Vienna, Austria on April 23, 1924 (Peter Safar, 2007), (Safar, Peter, 2004). His parents were both doctors; his father was a surgeon and his mother was a pediatrician (Safar, Peter, 2004). After finishing his degree in oncology and surgery, Dr. Safar travelled around the world (Safar, Peter, 2004). In Baltimore, Safar conducted research on existing basic life support procedures including controlling a person’s breathing airway by tilting back his or her head with an open mouth; and using mouth-to-mouth breathing (Safar, Peter, 2004). He combined these two maneuvers with a procedure known as closed-chest cardiac massage to become the basic life support method of CPR (Safar, Peter, 2004). He worked hard to popularize the procedure around the world and collaborated with a Norwegian company to create “Resusci Anne,” the first CPR training mannequin (Safar, Peter, 2004). To further establish that his method worked, in 1957 he wrote a book called the ABC of CPR (Peter Safar, 2007). In 1958, Safar established the first intensive care unit (Peter Safar, 2007). In his later years, Safar won 3 Nobel prizes in medicine (Safar, Peter, 2004), (Peter Safar, 2007). Peter Safar died on August 2, 2003 yet his invention lives on (Peter Safar, 2007). Even today, CPR is the primary first aid treatment for cardiac arrest and is done to provide circulatory support until availability of medical treatment (Heart Attack, 2003). If CPR is not carried out within a few minutes, the heart and brain will be damaged beyond repair (Heart Attack, 2003). With an adequate airway or when mouth-to-mouth breathing is used, closed cardiac massage is so effective that many men are trained in its use for emergency support of circulation (Cardiovascular disease, 2007).