COMMUNICATIONS FOR LEARNING
This short documentary is a tribute to research and discoveries by Boston cardiologist Paul M. Zoll, MD. Beginning his collaborative work in the 1940s at Beth Israel Hospital, Dr. Zoll is credited with opening the door to life-saving and life-sustaining cardiac devices.
We worked closely with ZOLL Medical Corporation and Stafford Cohen, MD, author of “PAUL ZOLL MD – The Pioneer Whose Discoveries PREVENT SUDDEN DEATH.” Researcher and writer Sherry Reisner’s contribution to the development and production process included extensive picture and film research, identifying unique and rarely seen imagery of 20th C medical advances.
“Your heart beats about 42 million times a year. At any moment, at any age, and without much warning, the electrical system driving that beat can go terribly wrong, causing sudden cardiac arrest. Before CPR and AEDs (automated external defibrillators), nothing could be done short of cutting the chest open and massaging the heart by hand — not something your average bystander would be willing to do!”
Paul Zoll had a better way.
