A choking emergency can turn really scary, really quickly. Whether it’s yourself or another person, knowing how to remove the blockage while staying calm can be the difference between life and death.

The Heimlich maneuver is a lifesaving method you can do on someone who is choking, or on yourself if you’re choking and alone. It's also called abdominal thrusts. Because babies can’t signal that they ...

For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best course of action to save someone who is choking, but now experts say there is a better way. Since it was published in 1974, the Heimlich ...

On June 22, 1980, the doctor presiding over the otherwise tranquil emergency room of Lima Memorial Hospital saved the life of a two-year-old girl. In so doing, Dr. Edward Patrick rewrote medical ...

Dr. Henry Heimlich, who invented the world-famous Heimlich maneuver to save people from choking, died Saturday at age 96, his family said. The news was confirmed by the Episcopal Retirement Services, ...

CINCINNATI -- The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims has died, CBS News confirmed. Dr. Henry Heimlich died early Saturday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati at the ...

The odd term “café coronary” refers to the act of choking on a mouthful of food, often taken from a bountiful plate at a restaurant. To many people witnessing such an event, the victim looks like he ...

Dr. Henry Heimlich: Were his Maneuvers Beneficial or Misbegotten? The dramatic vehemence of his assertions and their dismissal by critics seemed appropriate for the swashbuckling physician, whose ...

Henry Heimlich, MD, a thoracic surgeon who invented an anti-choking maneuver that saved an untold number of lives, died today at age 96 of complications from a heart attack earlier in the week. The ...

In August 1974, editors of the Journal of the American Medical Association contacted the doctor who had developed a new method to save someone from choking – then a major cause of death in the United ...

The Heimlich maneuver uses abdominal thrusts to force objects out of the throat. Underneath the lungs is a muscle called the diaphragm. This muscle contracts to move the lungs, helping them exhale air ...