Mick Steff
Portable defibrillator. The Royal Belfast Hospital
This is the very first portable defibrillator that was ever made, developed by Professor James Francis "Frank" Pantridge in Belfast..Pantridge developed the portable defibrillator in 1965 and installed his first version in a Belfast ambulance. It weighed 70 kg and operated from car batteries, but by 1968 he had designed an instrument weighing only 3 kg, incorporating a miniature capacitor manufactured for NASA. i was lucky to be making a docu/drama in the belfast Royal hospital Cardiology suite and got to see it
Portable defibrillator. The Royal Belfast Hospital
This is the very first portable defibrillator that was ever made, developed by Professor James Francis "Frank" Pantridge in Belfast..Pantridge developed the portable defibrillator in 1965 and installed his first version in a Belfast ambulance. It weighed 70 kg and operated from car batteries, but by 1968 he had designed an instrument weighing only 3 kg, incorporating a miniature capacitor manufactured for NASA. i was lucky to be making a docu/drama in the belfast Royal hospital Cardiology suite and got to see it