Heimlich's maneuvers : my seventy years of lifesaving innovations / Henry J. Heimlich, MD.

Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2014.

253 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Heeeeere's Heimlich! -- My beginnings -- The depression, anti-semitism, and visits to Sing Sing Prison -- Medical-school challenges and a strange internship -- En route to China -- A health clinic in the Gobi desert -- A medical newbie searches for a surgical residency -- Saving a life and finding love -- Restoring the ability to swallow : the reversed gastric tube operation -- Performing the reversed gastric tube operation behind the Iron Curtain -- A promise to a dead soldier kept : the Heimlich chest drain valve -- A boy named Hayani -- Saving the lives of choking victims : the Heimlich maneuver -- The American Red Cross and back blows -- The gift of breath : the Heimlich MicroTrach -- Makin the most of good ideas -- Working toward a caring world.

Includes bibliographical references and index.