Heimlich
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English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Heimlich
- A surname from German.
Noun
Heimlich (plural Heimlichs)
- Heimlich maneuver.
- 2003, Rustum Roy, Science of Whole Person Healing: Proceedings of the First Interdisciplinary International Conference, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 3:
- They choke to death on water. […] Four Heimlichs take ten seconds to perform and anyone can do them. The Red Cross adopted the Heimlich.
- 2005 November 3, Tracie Hotchner, The Dog Bible: Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know, Penguin, →ISBN, page 313:
- Having never done a Heimlich on a dog myself, I have no way to know for sure.
THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER
The Heimlich for a Small Dog
1. Lay the dog on her side on a flat, hard surface. […]
- 2012 March 6, Debra Jennings, Janet Chernega, Emergency Guide for Dental Auxiliaries, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 123:
- - Demonstrate finger sweeps
- Explain the use of the Heimlich on infants
- Explain the use of the Heimlich on children
- Explain the use of the Heimlich on pregnant patients […]
- 2017 July 17, John R Hewson, Corbett's Daughter, FriesenPress, →ISBN, page 130:
- He's choking, I think I yelled, help me turn him on his side. And I thumped him on the back and pushed up into his belly but we couldn't get our arms [around...] I would have stopped him, whacked him on the back, tried several Heimlichs on [him...]
Verb
Heimlich (third-person singular simple present Heimlichs, present participle Heimliching, simple past and past participle Heimliched)
- (perhaps informal) To perform the Heimlich maneuver (on).
- 2007 June 5, Jeffrey J. Fox, How to Get to the Top: Business Lessons Learned at the Dinner Table, Hachette Books, →ISBN:
- Dime-sized bites rarely choke you to death. […] (Choking is the fourth most common cause of unintentional injury mortality in the United States.) […] If a waitress ever Heimlichs you out of heaven, tip her with exuberance.
- 2015 April 7, Katina I. Makris, Out of the Woods: Healing from Lyme Disease for Body, Mind, and Spirit, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- Joel storms down the stairs, and Heimlichs me two times without success. My mind is racing in a near-death hallucination. […] In a choking, gasping stretch for air I collapse into Joel's arms. “I'm still good for something,” he jokes.