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Heimlich Maneuver Creator Uses Own Invention to Save Woman

Dr. Heimlich has demonstrated the maneuver countless of times, but has never used it in a life and death situation before.

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Dr. Henry Heimlich, 96, was quietly eating his dinner in the dining room of the Deupree House, a senior living community in Cincinnati, Ohio when Patty Gill Ris, who was sitting next to him, started choking.

Luckily for her, Dr. Heimlich was also there on the scene. Dr. Henry Heimlich is the inventor of the Heimlich maneuver, an emergency response technique for choking which has saved countless lives in the past. So naturally, when he saw that Ms. Ris needed help, he immediately responded by performing the maneuver – by placing his arms around the woman’s waist, putting his fist under her ribcage, and pressing three times. The woman immediately coughed out the cause of the blockage – a piece of hamburger meat.

“I’m lucky that I sat there. And God put me right there at that table right next to Dr. Heimlich”, Patty Gill said in an interview.

Dr. Heimlich has demonstrated the maneuver countless of times, but has never used it in a life and death situation before.

Watch the video below of Dr. Heimlich himself recounting the incident:

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Futuristic Gadget Lets You Shoot Fireballs From Your Hands…Superhero Style

…allowing you to live out your superpower fantasies in a blaze of flames!

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5 years ago

May 31, 2016

Dondi Tiples

With the proliferation of super humans and mutants in the movies, a lot of kids and even some adults have openly and secretly fantasized about having extraordinary powers just like superheroes they see on TV and the big screen.

This time around, these wishes may actually see reality with a new device on the market that allows users to feed their very own pyromaniac tendencies.

A new badass device allows people to actually shoot fireballs from their palms!

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China’s Elevated Bus Can Drive Above Traffic Jams

Wow, this is awesome!

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5 years ago

May 30, 2016

Mark Andrew

No one likes getting stuck in monstrous traffic jams.

Just imagine the terrible feeling of knowing you’ll be late for work because the traffic flow isn’t exactly flowing at all.

It’s no secret that China is one of the countries in the world with the worst jams but apparently, they’ve come up with a unique solution for the problem.

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The Superbug Resistant to Last-Resort Antibiotics Has Just Been Isolated in Humans

For the first time, the colistin-resistant E. coli strain has been isolated in a person in the United States.

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5 years ago

May 29, 2016

Ann Nuñez

For the first time, the colistin-resistant E. coli strain has been isolated in a person in the United States.

Scientists reported the significant finding in a study published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy of the American Society for Microbiology. The superbug, which was isolated from the urine of a 49-year old woman from Pennsylvania, is a cause for alarm for public health.