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Author:
Heimlich, Henry J., author.
Title:
Heimlich's maneuvers : my seventy years of lifesaving innovations / Henry J. Heimlich, MD.
Publisher:
Prometheus Books,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Heimlich, Henry J.
Physicians--Biography.
Medical innovations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Heeeeere's Heimlich! -- My beginnings --The Depression, anti-Semitism, and visits to Sing Sing prison -- Medical school challenges and a strange internship -- En route to China -- A health clinic in the Gobi desert -- A medical newbie searches for a surgical residency -- Saving a life and finding love -- Restoring the ability to swallow : the reversed gastric tube operation -- Performing the reversed gastric tube operation behind the iron curtain -- A promise to a dead soldier kept : the Heimlich chest drain valve -- A boy named Hayani -- Saving the lives of choking victims : the Heimlich maneuver -- The American Red Cross and back blows -- The gift of breath : the Heimlich microtrach -- Making the most of good ideas -- Working toward a caring world.
ISBN:
1616148497
9781616148492
LCCN:
2013036223
Locations:
GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)
FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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