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9 - Eating to Live

The Lifesaving Contribution of Stanley Dudrick

from Part II - Medicine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2021

Edward A. Wasserman
Edward A. Wasserman
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University of Iowa
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Summary

Since its promotion in 1974, the Heimlich Maneuver has been an invaluable first-aid procedure, which is believed to have saved the lives of countless thousands of choking victims. Henry Heimlich’s life story is one motivated by saving people from unnecessary death and injury. His painstaking development of the abdominal thrust technique is an arresting tale in and of itself. But, so too were his determined efforts to popularize the method in order that ordinary citizens too could become lifesaving heroes. Nevertheless, suffocation by ingestion or inhalation remains the fourth most common cause of preventable death in the United States, requiring that the general public be simply and properly taught on a continuing basis how to administer this vital technique.

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Henry Heimlichaccidental deathchokingHeimlich Maneuverabdominal thrustlaboratoryexperimentationtrial-and-error
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As If By Design
How Creative Behaviors Really Evolve
 , pp. 97 - 105
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition – ASPEN (2020, January 19).Google Scholar
ASPEN Mourns the Loss of Its First President, Stanley J. Dudrick, MD, FACS. www.nutritioncare.org/News/General_News/ASPEN_Mourns_the_Loss_of_its_First_President,_Stanley_J__Dudrick,_MD,_FACS/Google Scholar
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  • Eating to Live
  • Edward A. Wasserman, University of Iowa
  • Book: As If By Design
  • Online publication: 01 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774895.016
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  • Eating to Live
  • Edward A. Wasserman, University of Iowa
  • Book: As If By Design
  • Online publication: 01 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774895.016
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  • Eating to Live
  • Edward A. Wasserman, University of Iowa
  • Book: As If By Design
  • Online publication: 01 July 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108774895.016
Available formats
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