Henry Heimlich, American doctor (born 1920)

Henry Heimlich

American thoracic surgeon (1920–2016)

Henry Judah Heimlich was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited for the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver, a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, first described in 1974. He also invented the Micro Trach portable oxygen system…