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Henry Heimlich, namesake of the maneuver that has saved the lives of an estimated 100,000 potential choking victims, died early Saturday morning. He was 96.
Heimlich was director of surgery at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati in 1974 when he devised the treatment for choking victims that made his name a household word.
“He regularly dazzled me with his vitality, even at his age, and his commitment to making sure things were done the right way,” recalled Patrick Ward, former executive director of the Deaconess Associations Foundation and a collaborator in the Heimlich Heroes program creating a classroom curriculum for teaching the maneuver to sixth-graders. “His passion for helping people never wavered.”
He lived an energetic, dedicated, and humanitarian life.
RIP, thank you, and godspeed, Dr. Henry Heimlich.
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Heimlich was director of surgery at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati in 1974 when he devised the treatment for choking victims that made his name a household word.
“He regularly dazzled me with his vitality, even at his age, and his commitment to making sure things were done the right way,” recalled Patrick Ward, former executive director of the Deaconess Associations Foundation and a collaborator in the Heimlich Heroes program creating a classroom curriculum for teaching the maneuver to sixth-graders. “His passion for helping people never wavered.”
He lived an energetic, dedicated, and humanitarian life.
RIP, thank you, and godspeed, Dr. Henry Heimlich.
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