Tuesday, July 19, 2016

The Heimlich

 He created it, he heard about it but he never got a chance to try it, until this week. Dr. Henry Heimlich, now  96-years-old, used it for the first time this week to save a fellow senior resident who was choking on a hamburger.
 Heimlich was sitting at a communal dining table at Cincinnati’s Deupree House, an upscale senior living center where he lives, and noticed fellow resident Patty Ris, 87, in distress while eating a burger.
He jumped out of his seat, put his arms around Patty and pressed on her abdomen below the rib cage, and followed his own instructions displayed on posters in the dining room.
 Asked afterwards about the incident Heimlich said, " I cant believe it actually works".

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