Albert Akselrod

Doctor, director, television personality. At the end of the 1st MMI named after I.M. Sechenov (1958) and clinical residency (1960) worked at the 29th city hospital named after N.E. Bauman; then he moved (1962-1969) to the laboratory of experimental physiology for the revitalization of organisms of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, created by Professor V.A. Negovsky. In 1964, at the S.P. Botkin, the first general resuscitation department in the USSR was organized, on the basis of which a Moscow mobile resuscitation center began operating, serving Moscow hospitals. Axelrod took an active part in the organization and creation of the center. Since 1969 he worked at the CIU. In 1971, he created a neuroresuscitation department at the Moscow Clinical Hospital named after S.P. Botkin; organized the first resuscitation barocenter in it, developed the principles of using the method of hyperbaric oxygenation in resuscitation. The level of knowledge and authority of Axelrod were so high that in the most stagnant years he was sent to an international conference of military doctors in Germany. Axelrod was the first to promote resuscitation methods for the population and wrote the work "Revitalization without sensations" (Moscow, 1974; 2nd ed. - Moscow, 1988). Author of books and articles on his specialty, in particular, on acute blood loss in obstetric practice. Has published several educational and popular science books: "Rather," fast ". A guide to first aid "(1990)," Oxygen in our life "(1977). In domestic journalism, he is known as an author, director and presenter of radio and television programs. Conducted a weekly program "You - 03" about the rules for providing first aid in extreme situations. In the mid-1950s, together with young doctors Arkady Arkanov, A. Levenbuk, A. Livshits and others, he created a creative association under the name VTEK (Medical theater and variety collective). Took part in the organization and activities of the pop studio of the MU "Our House" (1958-1970), which took a prominent place in the movement of STEMs (Student Theatrical Variety Miniatures). Following this, the BBB program appeared on TV ("An evening of funny questions", made by Axelrod, together with M. Yakovlev and S. Muratov based on the model of the Czech television program "Guess, guess, fortuneteller"). It aired only three times and was filmed for political reasons ("imitation of the worst methods and customs of bourgeois television"). Subsequently, the initiators proposed the idea of ??a new program - KVN ("Club of the Merry and Resourceful", 1961), which turned out to be a long-lived project that still exists today, despite a number of very dramatic situations experienced. Axelrod was the first host of the program, but in 1964, under pressure from circumstances, he had to leave the program. Muratov and Yakovlev also left as a sign of solidarity. Axelrod - the author, together with his colleagues in KVN, publishers "Club of the cheerful and resourceful" (1965), "Course of Merry Sciences" (1974); the creator of scenarios for theatrical performances (under the pseudonym A. Askerov): "We are building our house!" (1985), "Planning area" (1986), "In the name of common sense" (1990) and the like. In 1990 he was invited to be a member of the KVN jury.