PETER Baskett, former chief medical officer at Castle Combe racing circuit, died last month aged 73.
A consultant anaesthetist at Frenchay Hospital since 1966, Mr Baskett had been the circuit's CMO since 1972 before stepping down five years ago.
He had moved to the Bristol based hospital after studying medicine at Queens College, Cambridge and Queens University in his home city of Belfast, graduating in 1958.
He moved to Stanton St Quinton with wife Fiona in 1996 before retiring from Frenchay in 1999.
A motor racing enthusiast before he arrived at Castle Combe, Mr Baskett raced Minis in the 1950s, which gave him the inspiration to help medical teams at motor racing events.
Along with his work at Frenchay and Castle Combe, Mr Baskett had been editor of medical journal Resuscitation from 1997 until his death.
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He wrote more than 170 scientific publications and edited five books on resuscitation and emergency medicine.
Along with Douglas Chamberlain, Mr Baskett introduced advanced training for what were then known as ambulance personnel and are now known as paramedics.
He was also responsible for introducing premixed nitrous oxide/oxygen (Entonox) as an analgesic for use by paramedics in ambulances.
He travelled Europe after his retirement giving lectures on advanced life support.
He died at Frenchay Hospital on April 18 after a battle with bowel cancer.
He is survived by his wife Fiona, four children, Simon, Lucy, Olivia and Beatrice, and five grandchildren.
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