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
Dr. Jay Loeffler holds funding from the National Cancer Institute in proton therapy. His H-factor according to Google Scholar is 92 (6/15/17). Fellow, American College of Radiology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, American Association of the Advancement of Science and is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine. He received the Jacob Fabrikant Award for Lifetime Achievement in the field of stereotactic radiosurgery. Dr. Jay Loeffler Dr. Jay Steven Loeffler (born December 27, 1955) is an American physician at Massachusetts General Hospital where he serves as Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology since 2000. He is the Herman and Joan Suit