Frank Pantridge
(1916-2004)

cardiologist, inventor of the portable defibrillator, and Professor

Died aged c. 88

James Francis Pantridge, CBE MC OStJ (3 October 1916 – 26 December 2004) was a Northern Irish physician, cardiologist, and professor who transformed emergency medicine and paramedic services with the invention of the portable defibrillator.

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Professor Frank Pantridge 1916-2004 cardiologist 'the father of emergency medicine' developed the world's first protable defibrillator at this hospital 1965e

Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom where they worked