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You can thank good marketing for that. According to Roger White MD of the Mayo Clinic and American Heart Association (AHA), "There was never any science here.
by jameslk 11y ago
You can thank good marketing for that.
According to Roger White MD of the Mayo Clinic and American Heart Association (AHA), "There was never any science here. Heimlich overpowered science all along the way with his slick tactics and intimidation, and everyone, including us at the AHA, caved in."[0]
0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_thrusts#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_thrusts#History
- CamperBob2 11y agoFascinating! I had no idea this was the least bit controversial. Looks like Dr. Heimlich's own son threw him under the bus. It always seemed to me that pounding someone on the back was as likely to force the obstruction farther into the trachea as it was to cause it to be expelled. After all, the victim is presumably trying to breathe, so dislodging the object without a strong upward thrust seems like a bad idea. Guess that's not the case.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoWith something obstructing their airway, I would have assumed they were trying to cough. Inhaling a tiny drop of spit can be enough to give me serious breathing problems, not because the spit does anything but because I have to cough so much afterwards.
- bostonvaulter2 11y agoRadiolab has a good episode on Dr. Heimlich: http://www.radiolab.org/story/heimlichs-maneuver/ http://www.radiolab.org/story/heimlichs-maneuver/