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...Hirschman, who has authored articles in such publications as the British Heart Journal and the Journal of the American Medical Association, says his professional path may have been somewhat different had he decided to stay at Harvard for the fourth year before embarking on his medical career...
...Instead, Hirschman went on to receive his M.D. in 1955 and then serve for three years as a U.S. Navy doctor...
After completing his formal schooling and finishing his time in the armed services, Hirschman put to work both his medical and his radio skills to develop what he calls his most rewarding achievement—a system for transmitting electrocardiograph readings via radio. It was the first on-scene emergency care system to transmit medical data by radio...
...years since he created the emergency care system, Hirschman says the infrastructure has developed in ways he hadn’t anticipated, with a heavier emphasis on training than in the past...
...training, Hirschman felt early on that he should put his dual expertise in radio and medicine to use on the high seas—where paramedics couldn’t reach...