Henry Heimlich Biography

Henry Heimlich is an American Thoracic Surgeon, and is also known for creating the
“Heimlich Maneuver”. Heimlich was a very smart intelligent man. He has thought of ways to save lives today that no one else would have thought of. Dr. Heimlich invented the chest drain valve, gastric tube operation and much more. Thankfully for this man today doctors have saved thousands of lives.
Heimlich was born on February 1920 (age 95), Wilmington, Delaware. (Henry
Heimlich). Before fame he graduated from Cornell University in 1941 with his B.A. Heimlich also earned an M.D. in 1943 from Weill Cornell medical college. (Henry Heimlich). Heimlich’s parents were Phillip and Mary Heimlich. (Henry Heimlich). He married Jane Heimlich and has two sons and two daughters.
(Henry Heimlich Biography). Used widely by the military during the Vietnam War, the device allowed soldiers who were shot in the chest a good chance to Henry 3 survive for the first time in history. (Henry Heimlich Biography). More than four million
Heimlich Chest Drain valves have been sold since that time. (Henry Heimlich Biography).
In the early 1970’s, after learning that nearly 4,000 Americans die each year from choking on food or small objects, Dr. Heimlich researched ways to use sub diaphragmatic pressure to save victims of choking. In 1974, he devolved a method that allowed air trapped in the lungs to be used to expel the object from the victim’s airway- a method that came to be known as the “Heimlich Maneuver”. (Henry Heimlich Biography). Simple and easy to preform, the Maneuver has saved countless lives. Celebrities around the world who have choked have had their lives saved with the Maneuver. (Henry Heimlich Biography).
In 1980, Dr. Heimlich invented the MicroTrach, a portable oxygen delivery system that allows the patient to take oxygen more efficiently than traditional methods. (Henry
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Haunted by the image of a Chinese soldier who died on the operating table because he was shot in 1945, Dr. Heimlich set out to develop a value that would drain blood and air out of the chest cavity. (Deaconess Associations). In 1945, Heimlich Chest Drain Valve was introduced. (Deaconess Associations). Heimlich is considered a hero in Vietnam and the U.S., where the lives of thousands of American and Vietnamese soldiers shot in the chest were saved for the first time in history by a device barely five inches long. (Deaconess Associations). Was manufactured for just one dollar at that time. (Deaconess Associations). Today more than
250,000 Heimlich valves are used worldwide every year for patients with chest wounds, or surgery. (Deaconess Associations). Each valve saves a life. (Deaconess Associations).
In 1974, Heimlich published the findings on what was to become the Heimlich maneuver.
(Deaconess Associations). A week later the first choking victim was saved by the method.
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