Heimlich believes some of those lives could have been saved by his maneuver versus slapping someone on the back. "I don't want to fight the Red Cross," he insisted.

The Red Cross and other organizations suggest that first aid for choking begin with five slaps on the back. ... The Heimlich maneuver, which Heimlich first wrote about in 1974, ...

Between 1986 and 2006, the Red Cross recommended the Heimlich maneuver to assist choking victims. But in 2006, it began advising the combined back blow and Heimlich maneuver approach it does today.

You’re dining in a restaurant when someone at a table nearby starts choking. As they gasp for air — and help — a bystander rushes to their aid.

The family of Dr. Henry Heimlich says they were at a pool when they saw a Red Cross training class and they saw back blows were being taught instead of the Heimlich maneuver. The Heimlich involves ...

In 1974, Dr Henry Heimlich announced the maneuver that carries his name. Until then, when a person choked on food, it was generally accepted that forcefully slapping the victim’s back would fix ...

Dr. Henry Heimlich—the controversial creator of the Heimlich Maneuver—warred with the American Red Cross for more than 40 years.

But over time, the Heimlich maneuver has come to be widely accepted. Janet Heimlich said that if the Red Cross teaches people to slap a choker’s back first, “they must show the public what evidence ...

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 ...

The Red Cross and other organizations suggest that first aid for choking begin with five slaps on the back. ... The Heimlich maneuver, which Heimlich first wrote about in 1974, ...

The Red Cross and other organizations suggest that first aid for choking begin with five slaps on the back. The family of Dr. Henry Heimlich is launching a campaign to demand proof that it works.