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Henry Judah Heimlich was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited for the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver, a technique of abdominal thrusts to stop choking, first described in 1974. He also invented the Micro Trach portable oxygen system for ambulatory patients and the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, or "flutter valve", which drains blood and air out of the chest c…
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science · American thoracic surgeon (1920–2016) · physician · university teacher · surgeon · scientist · art collector · also Henry Heimlich, Heimlich
Born 3 February 1920 · Died 17 December 2016 · Q469371
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“Dr Heimlich, you live in the hearts of the Vietnamese people”
“Though I invented the Heimlich manoeuvre I had never been called on to do it before.”
Snopes rated the claim “In 2016, the creator of the Heimlich maneuver, Dr. Henry Heimlich, used it to save a fellow resident in his retirement home.” True.
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Yahoo: Fact Check: Henry Heimlich Once Used His Maneuver to Save Fellow Resident in Retirement Home
Becker's Hospital Review: Dr. Henry Heimlich, inventor of life-saving choking maneuver, dies at 96
The Forward: Henry Heimlich, Jewish Doctor Who Created Eponymous Anti-Choking Method, Dies at 96
New Hampshire Union Leader: Henry Heimlich, developer of Heimlich Maneuver, dies at 96
Chippewa Herald: Henry Heimlich, life-saving maneuver creator, dies at 96
Post and Courier: Henry Heimlich, creator of the life-saving maneuver, dies at 96
Died 2016-12-17.
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After complications from a heart attack in his home in Hyde Park, Cincinnati, on December 12
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When he was age 96, reportedly saving the life of a fellow resident of his senior living community, Patty Ris
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"Despite widespread education on the use of the Heimlich maneuver and other techniques for treatment of acute airway obstruction, the death rate remains stable
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The American Red Cross "downgraded" the use of the Heimlich maneuver, essentially returning to the pre-1986 guidelines
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Told the BBC that he had used it for the first time on a man choking in a restaurant
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Heimlich's colleague Edward Patrick issued a press release portraying himself as the uncredited co-developer of the maneuver
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Awarded Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award (1984).
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that retired restaurant owner Isaac Piha, who had read the Snider article in the Seattle paper, used the procedure to rescue a choking victim, Irene Bogachus, in Bellevue, Washingt
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Heimlich first published his views about the first-aid maneuver that would bear his name in an informal article, "Pop Goes the Cafe Coronary", in the magazine Emergency Medicine
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Heimlich invented the chest drainage flutter valve (also called the Heimlich valve), and was granted a patent for the device in 1969
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Heimlich married Jane Murray, daughter of ballroom dancing entrepreneur Arthur Murray
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And from Cornell University (where he also served as drum major of the Cornell Big Red Marching Band) with a BA in 1941
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Born 1920-02-03.
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