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Friday, January 25, 2008

I Love the 70's

I'm sure glad I was only eating soft foods in 1973. The Heimlich Maneuver wasn't introduced until 1974! I guess there was a lot of back slapping pre-74.

2 Comments:

  • Blows are Back by Jo Ciavaglia, Philly Intelligencer, June 3, 2007

    With little public fanfare nearly two years ago, the Red Cross resurrected back blows as the first choking rescue response, reversing its long published guidelines promoting abdominal thrusts — better known as the Heimlich maneuver.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:56 PM  

  • Poor Henry Heimlich, he had a good run (33 years!).

    By Blogger Steve, at 2:24 PM  

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