Heimlich's Maneuvers
My Seventy Years of Lifesaving Innovation
Published on 11. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-61614-849-2 (ISBN)
Description
Here, in his own words, is the story of one of the twentieth century's most creative medical innovators, Dr. Henry Heimlich.
The thoracic surgeon is best known for having developed the Heimlich Maneuver, the world's easiest-to-learn and most universally known method to save people from choking to death on food or foreign objects. But many don't know about Dr. Heimlich's other life-saving inventions. He is the inventor of the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, which saved thousands of lives during the Vietnam War, and the Heimlich MicroTrach, which provides a remarkably efficient way for people to take oxygen.
In the present decade, Dr. Heimlich has turned his attention to two devastating illnesses for which medicine has not yet found a cure--cancer and HIV. He describes his research and its promise, as well as the controversy and resistance his new ideas have generated from the medical establishment.
Interweaving the author's personal life with riveting stories of his numerous medical breakthroughs, this rich memoir provides insights into the workings of a creative mind and the machinations of the American medical system.
The thoracic surgeon is best known for having developed the Heimlich Maneuver, the world's easiest-to-learn and most universally known method to save people from choking to death on food or foreign objects. But many don't know about Dr. Heimlich's other life-saving inventions. He is the inventor of the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, which saved thousands of lives during the Vietnam War, and the Heimlich MicroTrach, which provides a remarkably efficient way for people to take oxygen.
In the present decade, Dr. Heimlich has turned his attention to two devastating illnesses for which medicine has not yet found a cure--cancer and HIV. He describes his research and its promise, as well as the controversy and resistance his new ideas have generated from the medical establishment.
Interweaving the author's personal life with riveting stories of his numerous medical breakthroughs, this rich memoir provides insights into the workings of a creative mind and the machinations of the American medical system.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
317 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61614-849-2 (9781616148492)
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02/2014
Prometheus Books
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Person
Henry J. Heimlich, MD (Cincinnati, OH), now a retired thoracic surgeon, was most recently president of the Heimlich Institute. His long distinguished career includes service as attending surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Hospital in New York, assistant clinical professor of surgery at New York Medical College, associate clinical professor of surgery at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, director of surgery at the Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati, attending surgeon at Deaconess Hospital, and professor of advanced clinical sciences at Xavier University. He has published numerous scientific papers in such prestigious venues as the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Postgraduate Medicine, Chest, and more. His many honors and awards include the Albert Lasker Award, the American Academy of Achievement Award, the Maimonides Research Institute (of Haifa, Israel) Award, and induction into the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame and the Safety and Health Hall of Fame International. or more information, visit http-//www.deaconess-healthcare.com/Heimlich_Institute/About_Dr._Heimlich/