• @elxeno@lemm.ee
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    299 months ago

    It’s not called Heimlich anymore? I guess i have to watch some MikeyMedic videos…

    • @chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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      229 months ago

      Heimlich started trying to discredit back blows without any evidence and was being kinda a dick about it, so the Red Cross renamed the “Heimlich Maneuver” to “Abdominal Thrusts.”

    • SanguinePar
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      59 months ago

      If I remember correctly from my first aid training, the Heimlich family themselves asked for it not to be called that, possibly to avoid being implicated in instances of it going wrong! Or possibly my first aid instructor was full of shit… :-)