October 3rd
- Irish cardiologist who developed the life-saving portable defibrillator.
- He found out that death occurred within the first hour for 60% of males (up to middle-age) that died from heart attack, and of these, 90% suffered ventricular fibrillation.
- To begin earliest possible treatment, in 1965, Pantridge equipped an ambulance with a portable defibrillator.
