On Jul 28, 2006, at 11:40 AM, Alphax (Wikipedia email) wrote:
This is the Heimlich Manoeuvre and it would be very irresponsible not to have detailed advice.
As the article notes:
Some countries such as Australia have banned its use in favour of safer, more effective techniques.
It is entirely irresponsible to be promoting it *at all*.
The last sentence of the lead,
The thrust was later mastered by Dr. Earl Peters in the early 80's and became the universal way to stop a person from choking.
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.
Right though, the article could be improved, especially to report differences in medical opinion.
Fred