Everything about Henry Heimlich totally explained
Henry Jay Heimlich MD (born
Henry Judah Heimlich,
February 3,
1920) is an American
physician credited as the inventor of
abdominal thrusts known as the Heimlich maneuver, though there's debate about his role in the development of the procedure. Heimlich is also an advocate for the controversial and unproven use of
malaria to treat
HIV.
Personal life
Heimlich was born in
Wilmington, Delaware to Philip and Mary (Epstein) Heimlich. He graduated from
New Rochelle High School (NY) in 1937, graduated from
Cornell University with a
B.A. in 1941, and received his
M.D. from the
Weill Cornell Medical College in 1943. On
June 4,
1951, Heimlich married Jane Murray, daughter of
ballroom dancing entrepreneur
Arthur Murray. Heimlich's wife co-authored a book on
homeopathy and was sole author of
What Your Doctor Won't Tell You, which advocated
chelation therapy and other
alternative therapies.
Heimlich is the second cousin of actor and director
Anson Williams (née Anson Williams Heimlick), best known for his portrayal of Warren "Potsie" Weber on the long-running television series
Happy Days.
Heimlich maneuver
Heimlich first published his findings about the maneuver in a June
1974 informal article in
Emergency Medicine entitled, "Pop Goes the Cafe Coronary." On
June 19,
1974, the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that retired restaurant owner Isaac Piha used the procedure to rescue choking victim Irene Bogachus in
Bellevue, Washington.
From 1976-1985, the
American Heart Association and
American Red Cross choking rescue guidelines taught rescuers to first perform a series of backblows to remove the FBAO (foreign body airway obstruction); if backblows failed, then rescuers were taught to proceed with the Heimlich maneuver (aka abdominal thrusts). After a July 1985 American Heart Association conference, backblows were removed from choking rescue guidelines. From 1986-2005, the Heimlich maneuver was the only recommended treatment for choking in the published guidelines of the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross.
The choking rescue guidelines published by the
American Heart Association ceased referring to "the Heimlich maneuver" and instead called the procedure "abdominal thrusts." The new guidelines stated that chest thrusts and back blows may also be effective treatments for choking.
In Spring 2006, the
American Red Cross "downgraded" the use of the Heimlich maneuver, essentially returning to the pre-1986 guidelines. For conscious victims, the new guidelines (nicknamed "the five and five"), recommend first applying five backblows; if this method fails to remove the airway obstruction, rescuers were to then apply five abdominal thrusts. For unconscious victims, the new guidelines recommend chest thrusts, a method first recommended in a 1976 study by Charles Guildner whose results were duplicated in a year 2000 study by Audun Langhelle. The 2006 guidelines also eliminated the phrase "Heimlich maneuver" and replaced it with "abdominal thrust."
The 2005 drowning rescue guidelines of the American Heart Association didn't include citations of Heimlich's work and warn against the use of the Heimlich maneuver for drowning rescue as unproven and dangerous, due to its risk of
vomiting and
choking.
"I would like to get proper credit for what I've done," Patrick told me. "But I'm not hyper about it." Patrick's ex-wife Joy tells a different story: Whenever my kids would say "Heimlich maneuver," he'd correct them and say, "Patrick maneuver." The United States Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have rejected malariotherapy and, along with health professionals and advocates for human rights, consider the practice "atrocious". Sources have disclosed that the Heimlich Institute], a subsidiary of Deaconess Associations
of Cincinnati, is conducting malariotherapy trials in Ethiopia, though the Ethiopian Ministry of Health was unaware of any such trials. Heimlich claims that his initial test with a small number of subjects (seven total) have produced positive results), but he refuses to disclose the location of the trials. Based on such studies, Paul Farmer at Harvard Medical School described the idea of treating HIV with malaria by stating “it seems improbable. The places where malaria takes its biggest toll are precisely those in which HIV reaps its grim harvest”.
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