In 2003 Heimlich's colleague Dr. Edward Patrick issued a press release stating he was the uncredited co-developer of the maneuver.
"I would like to get proper credit for what I've done," Patrick told me. "But I'm not hyper about it." Patrick's ex-wife Joy tells a different story: Whenever my kids would say "Heimlich maneuver," he would correct them and say, "Patrick maneuver."
The Patrick maneuver????
From Dr. Henry Heimlich's Wikipedia entry:
In 2003 Heimlich's colleague Dr. Edward Patrick issued a press release stating he was the uncredited co-developer of the maneuver.
"I would like to get proper credit for what I've done," Patrick told me. "But I'm not hyper about it." Patrick's ex-wife Joy tells a different story: Whenever my kids would say "Heimlich maneuver," he would correct them and say, "Patrick maneuver."