Heimlich Manoeuvering

[usuakari]

I caught the afternoon repeat of the Health Report yesterday after dropping a patient back at a country hospital. The episode is well worth a listen if you want to hear a discussion of the clash between egos, marketing, science, politics, and common sense. The inventor does not come off well...

The Heimlich Manoeuvre

In the early 1970s a new

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[eljamie]

evolution of the heimlich manoeuver :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AikWg-c1bvk

[usuakari]

Cute.

lol

[lordjacknife]

Wasn't much of American EMS procedures adopted more because it made sense than based on any tests? Granted, a lot of that is changing. But in school, my instructors hammered into my head that the enitre field could change a lot primarily for this reason.

Re: lol

[usuakari]

Plenty of opportunities there for research then. Want to contribute to a specific EMS body of knowledge and assist with advancing a profession? :)