A prospective study of 489 consecutive outpatient image-guided percutaneous lung biopsies was conducted to determine whether early discharge, incorporating ambulatory Heimlich valve drain, is ...

Heimlich spoke to The Enquirer on Thursday night. “When I used it, and she recovered quickly,” he said, “it made me appreciate how wonderful it has been to be able to save all those lives.” ...

At the end of these instillations, a Heimlich valve was attached to the chest drain. At each instillation, regional end-expiratory volumes (EELV) were measured using EIT concurrently with SpO2 ...

A Mass General Brigham emergency care doctor shares step-by-step guidance on how to administer the Heimlich maneuver to adults, children and yourself in a choking event.

Unlike the Heimlich maneuver, which can sometimes fail, LifeVac uses a unique suction mechanism to create a powerful negative pressure that can easily dislodge food or foreign objects stuck in the ...

METHODS: Sixty-three patients who underwent open or video-assisted thoracoscopic lung wedge resection or lobectomy were randomized into two groups, according to the drainage system used: the control ...

I was introduced as 'Dr Heimlich, whose name is known by everyone'. "I thought it was because of the Heimlich Manoeuvre, but then the man introducing me said it was because of the chest drain valve ...

The Heimlich valve is still used on the battlefield and in hospitals, and when Heimlich visited Vietnam in 1989, he was deeply moved to find that not only was his name still well-known there, but ...

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“It’s got a one-way valve,” Lih said as he pointed at a LifeVac in his hand. “When you push it down, the air exits the side. … It creates a suction. That’s 300 millimeters of Mercury.

Dr. Henry J. Heimlich was a thoracic surgeon born to Jewish parents in Wilmington, Delaware. Besides the famous life-saving method, he also invented the chest drainage flutter valve, known as the ...