seeder Posted May 28, 2016 #1 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) How strange! I was taught this at school, I guess when I was about 14...and THIS guy invents this, but had never done it before? Mind you I guess its hard to to know when people will start choking... Quote Dr Heimlich saves choking woman with manoeuvre he invented The 96-year-old American inventor of the Heimlich manoeuvre has used the technique himself to save a choking woman at his retirement home. Dr Henry Heimlich said he had demonstrated the technique many times but never used it in an emergency. His action dislodged a piece of meat with a bone in it from the 87-year-old woman's airway. "I didn't know I really could do it until the other day," he told the BBC. Dr Heimlich was having dinner with eight or nine others at the Deupree House retirement home in Cincinnati when he turned to talk to a woman at his table and noticed she was choking. "She had a skin colour that was no longer pink. Her mouth was puffed up and her lips were out," he told the BBC. "Though I invented the Heimlich manoeuvre I had never been called on to do it before." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36400365 Edited May 28, 2016 by seeder 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma_Acid Posted May 28, 2016 #2 Share Posted May 28, 2016 "I didn't know I really could do it until the other day," he told the BBC. I'd make sure something like that worked a couple of times before telling anyone else about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozfactor Posted May 28, 2016 #3 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I saw this on the news this evening , but I missed the part about it being Dr Heimlich . what a wonderful story x 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeGorilla Posted May 28, 2016 #4 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Well, it's about time! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted May 28, 2016 #5 Share Posted May 28, 2016 (edited) In an unrelated story, I saw where Bill Clinton performed the famous "Clinton Manoeuvre" on some woman in a receiving line. Funny, I thought he liked younger women, who knew? Edited May 28, 2016 by Sundew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilly Posted May 28, 2016 #6 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I've used this twice during my lifetime. Once on my nephew (choking on a grape) and once on my mother (choking on some chicken). Worked like a charm both times. Kudos to Dr Heimlich! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codenwarra Posted June 3, 2016 #7 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I've seen it used too, on a man choking in a restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+susieice Posted June 3, 2016 #8 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I was certified for many years on it but have never had to use it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclefred Posted June 10, 2016 #9 Share Posted June 10, 2016 I used it three times, on a little girl, an older guy and a very obese woman. The fat lady took several thrusts before it worked. The others just one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozfactor Posted June 11, 2016 #10 Share Posted June 11, 2016 I hope I never have to use it , but if I do , unclefred do you have any advice ? are you a health care worker or were the 3 incidents random events ? well done by the way , I am impressed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffSplitkins Posted December 20, 2016 #11 Share Posted December 20, 2016 That's one funeral ceremony where you wouldn't have to worry about getting all choked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still Waters Posted December 20, 2016 #12 Share Posted December 20, 2016 RIP Quote US doctor Henry Heimlich, who invented the manoeuvre used to help victims of choking, has died aged 96. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38351903 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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