Dr. Henry Heimlich, world famous for the anti-choking Heimlich Maneuver, died on Saturday after suffering a heart attack last Monday. Well, at least he didn't choke to death. He was 96.
The Heimlich Maneuver came into the vogue in the mid-1970's. He even demonstrated it on Johnny Carson during an appearance on The Tonight Show in April 1979. That very same year, my Dad saved a woman's life while attending a conference in Seattle. Earlier this year, Heimlich used his own maneuver at the retirement home in Cincinnati where he spent his final years.
Heimlich also invented the flutter valve which began to be used during The Vietnam War and the Micro Trach portable oxygen system which is used in ambulances.
It is staggering to think about the number of lives Dr. Heimlich's inventions saved.
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