Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati

This week, at a Rotary Club meeting, Dr. Henry Heimlich gave a speech promoting the use of the Heimlich Maneuver for near drowning victims and asthma patients.  Both of these techniques are widely discredited.

The Cincinnati Beacon has written extensively about this issue in the past, but what’s shocking about this latest video clip is its freshness.  Despite all the experts who debunk his weird science, Henry Heimlich still goes to wherever he can find an audience, pushing these weird concepts.

Needless to say, one should not perform the Heimlich Maneuver on near drowning victims.  These victims do not suffer from “water in the lungs,” despite Heimlich’s claims.  (Just read about laryngospasm to learn more.) A Heimlich Maneuver could, however, cause the victim to vomit—and let’s just say little hot dog chunks in the lungs can be a real killer.

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