Hans Dahll Award Presentation: Resuscitation Science - An Arizona Experience Challenging the Status Quo

The Citizen CPR Foundation Board of Directors is incredibly pleased to announce Karl B. Kern, MD as the recipient of the 2023 Hans Dahll Award.

Dr. Kerns work in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and coronary blood flow, and leadership in the field - both from an academic standpoint and clinical standpoint - has been very impactful. Without question, Dr. Kerns work has saved many lives, and his work as a leader and as a teacher in our field is incomparable.

This prestigious award has been presented every 2 years since 1988 by the Foundation to an individual or individuals whose career has contained distinguished and exemplary service in the field of Emergency Cardiovascular Care. By definition, the recipients have had many years of service in research and publication, teaching and education, landmark contributions to the science of CPR and ECC, developed new and innovative technological breakthroughs, and had a national and international influence on clinical practice.

Dr.Kern's presentation will discuss the development of Chest Compression-Only CPR at the Sarver Heart Center, University of Arizona, including the research leading up to this departure from conventional CPR, the pre-clinical experiments, manikin-studies of layperson CPR, and eventual clinical experience with removing active mouth-to-mouth breathing during CPR.