Heimlich and his manoeuvres / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

November 28, 2021 4:07pm CST

MyLotter George (@Deepizzaguy) has written many good news discussions and some have been about people being saved from choking through the use of the Heimlich manoeuvre. I knew that, late in his life, Heimlich had saved someone by using his own technique. When I researched Henry Heimlich, I discovered he was born in 1920 and was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. After medical school, he served with the US Navy in China during World War II. The Heimlich manoeuvre which is credited to him, involves a series of abdominal thrusts which may dislodge an obstruction that is causing choking. He also invented a flutter valve (Heimlich valve) which allows drainage from the chest cavity. This invention is credited with saving hundreds of lives of US soldiers during the Vietnam War. And an interesting side note: he was drum major of the Cornell Big Red Marching Band while at Cornell University. The photo shows a bird of paradise flower.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

28 Nov 21

My son’s alma mater! They went to a Cornell ice hockey game yesterday. Hubs applied that maneuver on someone choking in a Florida restaurant several years ago.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 21

It's wonderful that it works. I don't know any other cures for choking.

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (78882)

• East Tawas, Michigan

28 Nov 21

What beautiful information, about Henry Heimlich! He has been instrumental in saving lives of people, that he never even met! One time my mother was choking on food and she couldn't breathe. My father had just taken a course at the hospital, to learn the Heimlich maneuver. He proceeded to use this method, which dislodged the food in my mother's airway:)

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 21

There must be thousands who have been saved by this method.

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (78882)

• East Tawas, Michigan

29 Nov 21

@JudyEv Mom couldn't get air, her breathing airway was plugged.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Nov 21

@kobesbuddy She was very lucky to have her husband nearby and that he knew what to do.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (180909)

• United States

28 Nov 21

Pretty interesting..my mother did the Heimlich on me once, when I was choking on a small piece of candy as a teen. I didn't spit it out, but I guess it worked. I stopped choking. Interestingly enough, I was laughing when I was listening to a story of a non fatal choking incident, which caused the problem in the first place.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (180909)

• United States

29 Nov 21

@JudyEv It was

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 21

Pretty ironic. It's good that it works.

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RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (79929)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

29 Nov 21

Very lovely flower, I discovered something myself being in Australia perhaps you know the TV show Happy Days, Well one of the actors Anson Williams is a relative of Heimlich, Here is the info from the Internet just thought you might be interested, Williams was born Anson William Heimlich to a Jewish family. His father, Haskell Heimlich, legally changed the spelling of the family name to "Heimlick", unlike Williams' uncle, Dr. Henry Heimlich, namesake of the Heimlich maneuver for treating choking victims.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 21

Isn't it interesting who is related to who?

I know the show but only saw it very occasionally.

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

28 Nov 21

I never knew that, thanks. And a gorgeous flower.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 21

Mother Nature has some very unusual flowers, doesn't she?

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CarolDM

@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

29 Nov 21

@JudyEv Absolutely. I learn every year.

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Faster16

@Faster16 (3182)

• Indonesia

29 Nov 21

I imagine the flower is like a bird's head

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 21

Yes, it does look very much like a bird.

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Kayla Tsukino

@kaylachan (69921)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

28 Nov 21

That's a nice flower.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 21

It's very unusual I think.

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Fiacre Banks

@xFiacre (13042)

• Ireland

28 Nov 21

@judyev Choking must be an awful way to go.

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Xavier Bage

@franxav (13841)

• India

28 Nov 21

Thanks for the research Judy. I'd like to know how it is done. So far, I just give some thumps on the neck.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 21

I'm going to do a post on it as knowing how to do it could just save someone's life.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (102970)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

28 Nov 21

Thank you for sharing facts about Henry Heimlich that I did not before.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Nov 21

You're welcome.

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Ron Rybs

@Ronrybs (19363)

• London, England

29 Nov 21

Not many can claim two inventions or an invention and a technique. I haven't managed one yet!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (340278)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Nov 21

He also had a treatment for trachoma that he claimed was beneficial but the jury seems to be out on that so I didn't mention it. Yes, I still need to come up with mine too!