The use of CPR dates back to 1740 when the Paris Academy of Sciences suggested mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to attempt to revive people who had drowned.In 1767, CPR was first used in an attempt to resuscitate a person who had suddenly died by a cause other than drowning.In 1891, Dr. Friedrich Maass added chest compressions to the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.In 1960, the American Heart Association developed what we know today as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and they started offering American heart classes to physicians and the public.
