For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best action to save someone who is choking, but now experts say there is a better way. Now experts say there is a better way.

For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best course of action to save someone who is choking, but now experts say there is a better way. Since it was published in 1974, the ...

Dr. Heimlich Claims He Used His Own Maneuver for the First Time at 96. The acclaimed doctor saved the life of a fellow resident of his senior living facility this week. By. Andrea Park.

A Mass General Brigham emergency care doctor shares step-by-step guidance on how to administer the Heimlich maneuver to adults, children and yourself in a choking event.

Henry Heimlich, namesake of the maneuver that has saved the lives of an estimated 100,000 potential choking victims, has died. The famed Hyde Park physician was 96.

The Heimlich maneuver is a lifesaving method you can do on someone who is choking, or on yourself if you’re choking and alone. It's also called abdominal thrusts. Signs of Choking.

First, it removed "Heimlich" from the name "Heimlich maneuver" and relabeled the method as "abdominal thrusts." Second, it changed its protocols so that the recommended way to save a choking ...

C INCINNATI — Henry Heimlich, a 96-year-old surgeon credited with developing his namesake Heimlich maneuver, has used the emergency technique for the first time himself to save a woman choking ...

Henry Heimlich demonstrates the maneuver on Johnny Carson in 1979. Gene Arias/NBC/Getty Images He placed his arms around her waist, fist below the ribcage – just above the belly button.

Believe it or not, the creator of the lifesaving Heimlich maneuver had never actually used it on anyone in real life — that is, not until this week. Dr. Henry Heimlich, who first conceived of ...

There’s no counting the number of lives Dr. Henry Heimlich’s maneuver has saved.The retired chest surgeon, now 96, invented the Heimlich maneuver in 1974.Watch this storyNow, living at the ...