Dr Henry Heimlich uses Heimlich manoeuvre for first time, aged 96
Doctor uses anti-choking technique that bears his name to dislodge hamburger from woman’s airway in retirement home The 96-year-old surgeon credited with developing his namesake Heimlich manoeuvre recently used the emergency technique for the first time himself to save a woman choking on food at his retirement home. Dr Henry Heimlich told the Cincinnati Enquirer in an interview on Thursday that he has demonstrated the well-known manoeuvre many times through the years but had never before used it on a person who was choking. An employee at Deupree House in Cincinnati said the retired chest surgeon was in the...
Doctor uses anti-choking technique that bears his name to dislodge hamburger from woman’s airway in retirement home The 96-year-old surgeon credited with developing his namesake Heimlich manoeuvre recently used the emergency technique for the first time himself to save...
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