Henry Heimlich choking-rescue guidelines of the American Heart Association and of the American Red Cross taught rescuers to first perform a series of backblows to remove the FBAO (foreign body airway obstruction); if backblows failed, then rescuers learned to proceed with the Heimlich maneuver (aka "abdominal thrusts"). After a July 1985 American Heart Association conference, backblows were removed from choking-rescue guidelines. From 1986 to 2005, the published guidelines of the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross recommended only the Heimlich maneuver as the treatment for choking; the National Institutes of Health still does apply it for conscious persons over one
Henry Heimlich "wide-ranging, unseen 50-year history of fraud" and has called his father, "a spectacular con man and serial liar" and has claimed "The only thing my father ever invented was his own mythology."; Janet Heimlich, a freelance reporter; and Elisabeth Heimlich. Heimlich was the uncle of Anson Williams, who is known for his portrayal of Warren "Potsie" Weber on the 1970s hit TV show "Happy Days". Heimlich's memoir, "Heimlich's Maneuvers: My Seventy Years Of Lifesaving Innovation", was published in 2014 by Prometheus Books. A statement from his family said Heimlich died at The Christ Hospital on December 17, 2016, after complications