On 28/07/06, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
is also completely wrong and incredibly Americentric.
But in the movie Groundhog Day the weatherman saves a life by using the Heimlick Manoeuvre, and in the TV ad for the National Bank of Scotland, same thing.
Um... the National Bank of Scotland closed its doors ninety yeard back. I don't think it's doing TV spots...
(I agree on the Amerocentrism. It's not nearly as common a medical practice in Europe)