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Henry Judah Heimlich (February 3, 1920 – December 17, 2016) was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited for the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver, [ 2 ] a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, [ 3 ] first described in 1974. [ 4 ]
During the 2006 and 2008 electoral campaigns, Wulsin's participation in a 2004 study for Cincinnati's Heimlich Institute was criticized by her opponents. Henry Heimlich had directed a three-year study in China, ending in 1996, that evaluated the use of malaria infection in fighting AIDS. [ 7 ]
In May 2016, Henry Heimlich, then age 96, claimed to have personally used the maneuver to save the life of a fellow resident at his retirement home in Cincinnati. It was alleged to be either the first or second time Heimlich himself used his namesake maneuver to save the life of someone in a non-simulated choking situation. [ 11 ]
Heimlich, a doctor who developed a life-saving technique to dislodge airway blockages, died at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. Heimlich, developer of maneuver to save choking victims, dead at 96 ...
Heimlich was enjoying a steak dinner at the Dupree House senior living facility, when he noticed the 87-year-old Patty Ris choking on her hamburger. Dr. Heimlich, 96, uses maneuver he invented to ...
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Henry's Emergency Lessons for People) [1] is a series of animated television shorts [2] that served as public service announcements, aimed at children. Created and produced by writer and lyricist Lynn Ahrens and named for and inspired by the work of contributor Dr. Henry Heimlich , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] who was listed as medical consultant. [ 5 ]
An Arizona second-grader was celebrated as a hero — and honored at a school assembly last week — for his quick thinking after saving his friend who started to choke on his lunch during the ...