A choking person will die or suffer brain damage in 4 minutes. Let's heed Dr. Henry Heimlich's words and not waste critical ...

Is Happy Days indirectly responsible for the proliferation of the Heimlich maneuver? Anson Williams, who portrayed Warren "Potsie" Weber on the hit sitcom, believes that's the case. In a recent ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — From chart-topping albums to life-saving maneuvers, June 1 has seen its fair share of history over the years. On this day in 1967, The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts ...

Williams, who played Potsie Weber on the series, took to Facebook in January to share a link to a news article about a teacher whose life was saved due to someone performing the Heimlich maneuver when ...

In Trumbull, Connecticut a 10-month-old baby was saved by local police officer James Sota with the use of an anti-choking device. With the baby’s lips turning blue due to a blocked airway, the officer ...

CINCINNATI -- The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims died early Saturday in Cincinnati. Dr. Henry Heimlich was 96. His son, Phil, said he died at Christ Hospital ...

Dr. Henry Heimlich, who helped develop the Heimlich Heroes program to teach sixth-graders how to save people from choking, is shown in this 2012 file photo. Heimlich died Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, at ...

The 96-year-old Cincinnati surgeon credited with developing his namesake Heimlich maneuver recently used the emergency technique for the first time himself to save a woman choking on food at his ...

AIKEN — Michael Tamburello is not yet two months into his sophomore year at South Aiken High School, but the 15-year-old has already created a pair of major memories. He applied the Heimlich maneuver ...

When a teenager started choking on a hard candy in his family's living room, his father jumped into action. The dad performed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anson Williams' uncle created the Heimlich maneuver. The Happy Days actor brought his uncle, Dr. Henry Heimlich, to the studio ...

Happy Days star Anson Williams is shedding light on how the show helped propel the success of the Heimlich maneuver — which was created by his second cousin. Williams, who played Potsie Weber on the ...