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Sadly, the current edition of "Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets"  
was posthumous. Dr. Caroline died in 2002 of multiple myeloma
:
http://www.trauma.org/index.php/community/list/url/http:list.ftech.net/pipermail/trauma-list/2009-October/_http://www.post-gazette.com/obituaries/20021221caroline2.asp_ 
(http://www.post-gazette.com/obituaries/20021221caroline2.asp) 

ck

In a message dated 10/6/2009 08:01:42 Central Standard Time,  
KMATTOX at aol.com writes:

Another  person to query regarding the origin of the ABCs is Nancy   
Caroline.   Her latest edition of her classic book ,  "Resuscitation in  
the Streets" 
is out.     I do  believe she now lives in  Israel.     I do not remember  
when her first edition came  out, but I do think it was long after  1957.   
The 
early Red Cross  and "First Aid" courses might  also cite ABC.   As for 
ABCDE, I do  think that Dr.  McSwain's memory is correct and I was NOT at 
that 
meeting of the   ATLS committee of the ACS COT.   I do remember when it was 

presented (ABCDE) to the big committee, I said to myself, "That seems to  
be  
going a bit far to market the course, is that really   necessary?"    Not 
it 
seems like it was a good idea to   me.       

k

In a message dated  10/6/2009 8:55:15 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
Krin135 at aol.com  writes:

interesting. An Amazon search turns up a European book  "ABC  of  
Resuscitation" in the 5th edition, as part of the 'ABC  series' of  'basic' 

medical 
books (about the equivalent of  the Little, Brown  Spiral Notebook series  
here in 
the  states from what I can gather).  
Using "Peter Safer" returns   
http://www.trauma.org/index.php/community/list/url/http:list.ftech.net/pipermail/trauma-list/2009-October/_http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_b/?search-alias=stripbooks&unfil
tered=1&field-keywords=&field-author=Peter+Safer
&field-title=&field-isbn=&field-publisher=&node=&url=&field-feature_browse-b
in=&field-binding_browse-bin=&field-subject=&field-language=&field-dateop=&f
ield-datemod=&field-dateyear=&sort=relevancerank&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&A
dv-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0_   
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_adv_b/?search-alias=stripbooks&unfil
tered=1&field-keywords=&field-author=Peter+Safer&f
ield-title=&field-isbn=&field-publisher=&node=&url=&field-feature_browse-bin
=&field-binding_browse-bin=&field-subject=&field-language=&field-dateop=&fie
ld-datemod=&field-dateyear=&sort=relevancerank&Adv-Srch-Books-Submit.x=0&Adv
-Srch-Books-Submit.y=0)    (_www.tinyurl.com/Peter-Safer_ 
(http://www.tinyurl.com/Peter-Safer)   ) 

which is the third edition of  
Cardiopulmonary    Cerebral Resuscitation: An Introduction to Resuscitation 
Medicine :  Basic  and  Advanced Cardiac and Trauma Life Support 
(Paperback)  

is  this the same book in a later  edition?

ck

In a message dated  10/6/2009 07:11:32 Central  Standard Time, 
pbjorn at emh.org  
writes:

Drs.  Safar  and Elam are credited with the earliest  versions of
conventional  CPR  in the 1950's.  Safar's obituary,  as well as many  other
(perhaps  derivative?) web references, mention  his  publication of a book
entitled  "The ABC of Resuscitation" in   1957.  This would be the  earliest
published use of the term  that  I can find -- except that I can't  exactly
find it.   There may be  a copy or two preserved in some library  archive
in  Pennsylvania; but  if it's included in any formal   bibliography
accessible via the  internet, I'm not seeing   it.

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