Henry Heimlich Heimlich's medical assistant in China. The design of the valve allows air and blood to drain from the chest cavity in order to allow a collapsed lung to re-expand. The invention was credited with saving the lives of hundreds of American soldiers in the Vietnam War. Heimlich first published his views about the maneuver in a June 1974 informal article in "Emergency Medicine" entitled, "Pop Goes the Cafe Coronary". On June 19, 1974, the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" reported that retired restaurant-owner Isaac Piha used the procedure to rescue a choking victim, Irene Bogachus, in Bellevue, Washington. From 1976 to 1985, the
Getting Along Famously The CBC previously employed this strategy with the shows "Rideau Hall" and "An American in Canada". The series was cancelled in June 2006 and released on DVD in October 2006. A season of six episodes was commissioned by the CBC, and aired on that network as follows: Getting Along Famously Getting Along Famously is a Canadian sitcom which aired on CBC Television in 2006. Set in the early 1960s, "Getting Along Famously" starred real-life couple Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath as the hosts of a television variety show. Supporting cast members included Robin Duke, Bob Martin, Paul O'Sullivan, Ed Sahely