Day: October 7, 2025

  1. Home
  2. »
  3. History of cardiology
  4. Blogs for October 7th, 2025
History of cardiology

Episode 11 – An Electrifying Breakthrough

Cardiac defibrillation — from Claude Beck’s manual heart massage in 1947 to today’s portable defibrillators — represents one of the greatest breakthroughs in emergency medicine.
In less than half a century, these discoveries have turned a once-fatal arrhythmia into a condition that can often be reversed, saving thousands of lives every year.

Read more »