Henry Heimlich, inventor of life-saving maneuver, dead at 96

Source: New York Daily News | December 17, 2016 | Meg Wagner

Henry Heimlich, the Ohio doctor who developed his namesake maneuver to help choking victims, died Saturday, his family said. He was 96.

Heimlich died at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati after suffering a heart attack Monday, his family said in a statement.

“Dad was a hero to many people around the world for a simple reason: He helped save untold numbers of lives through the innovation of common-sense procedures and devices,” his family said in a statement.

Heimlich was director of surgery at Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati in 1974 when he invented his Heimlich maneuver, a technique that helps clear a choking person’s airway by putting pressure on his or her diaphragm through abdominal thrusts.

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