Saving lives: A historical and ethnographic study of resuscitation techniques

Resuscitation techniques are heralded as life-saving but they rarely fulfill this promise: the survival ratio for out-of-hospital resuscitative efforts rarely rises above 10 percent. I investigate this paradox of resuscitation technology by following the historical development of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and by analyzing how emergency personnel use the technique on a routine basis. The central question through my dissertation is: how does a resuscitation technique receive its shape and how does it shape in turn the world in which it is used?

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Timmermans, Stefan Maria

Contributors dc:contributor

• Star, Susan Leigh

• Sociology, Theory and Methods
• Health Sciences, Public Health
• History of Science

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Timmermans, Stefan Maria

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543747
(UMI)AAI9543747

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19842