Tag: the-technique
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Dr. Heimlich, 96, saves choking woman with namesake maneuver
Heimlich, who in multiple national television appearances had demonstrated the technique commonly known as the “Heimlich Maneuver” to dislodge food from an airway, had never employed it in an emergency, said spokesman Ken Paley. “After three compressions, this piece of meat came out, and she just started breathing, her whole face changed,” Heimlich said in…