The man who pioneered theHeimlich maneuverrecently saved a woman ’s life by using his namesake technique . This is the first time he has actually perform the maneuver in a real - life emergency .
Dr. Henry Heimlich ’s fateful moment pass off at the communal dining elbow room in Deupree House retirement family in Cincinnati on Monday , May 23 . TheCincinnati Inquirerreports that a womanhood , fellow resident Patty Ris , get down buy the farm on a firearm of hamburger . Naturally , the now 96 - twelvemonth - older retire dresser operating surgeon race to her tending .
“ I did the Heimlich manoeuvre – of course , ” Heimlich toldThe Guardian . “ She was going to die if she was n’t process . I did it , and a piece of solid food with some pearl in it flew out of her sass . ”
“ That moment was very important to me , " he added . " I know about all the life history my maneuver has saved over the years and I have demonstrated it so many times but here , for the first time , was someone sit right next to me who was about to die . "
This was the first time Dr. Heimlich had ever used the proficiency in an emergency , some 42 yr after he developed it . In 2003 , theBBCreported that Heimlich had used the proficiency to a save a choking dining car , however both Heimlich and his Word have denied this ever go on .
In 1974 , Heimlich bring out the outcome of his experiments with anti - choking techniques in a paper called “ soda pop Goes the Café Coronary ” in the daybook Emergency Medicine . His technique was developed by feeding beagle dog large clump of meat to stimulate them to choke . It guide Heimlich a fair bit of trial - and - misplay todevelop the correct technique , but finally he actualize exert short and penetrative thrusts of pressure just below the ribcage induced the theme to expel any foreign object from their upper airway . The maneuver quickly made its agency into newspapers , and hundreds of winner stories keep up shortly after .
Heimlich ’s talents are n’t limited to developing this abdominal maneuver , either . He alsodesigned a valvethat set aside doctors to drain blood , fluid , or air from chest of drawers cavities and a Micro Trach portable O system to administer oxygen to patients .
Since the seventies , it ’s recall the Heimlich maneuver has save one C of 1000 of lives worldwide . Among theseare Ronald Reagan , Cher , and Carrie Fisher .
