Heimlich maneuver – Lee Duigon

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Bob Costas at 71–he really is a life saver.

[A tiny bit of good news, before we get to the bad.]

It’s not every day you get a chance, literally, to save a life.

Remember Bob Costas? Game of the Week, special sporting events, tennis opens–he was one of our premier sportscasters. Now 71 (younger than me! Aaagh!), he’s semi-retired, but still gets behind the mike now and then.

A few days ago he was dining in a restaurant when another diner, a few tables away, began to choke. Costas wasted no time: got up, performed the Heimlich maneuver, and saved the diner’s life.

Which, he said, was what anybody else would do.

That Heimlich maneuver really works. Whatever’s clogging your pipe gets shot out of there like a cannonball. I am speaking from experience.

Anyhow… Way to go, Bob!

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We keep God busy, watching over us. But He has given us some extremely useful resources.

Sometimes people choke to death; but the Heimlich maneuver can save a choking victim’s life.

Once upon a time I had an early evening softball game, so Patty sat down to eat supper alone. By and by, I came home. And I had only just come in when she began to choke–violently. By God’s grace, I remembered the Heimlich maneuver, remembered reading about it in Reader’s Digest years before. I had never done it before, but I did it then. And that wad of fried rice and bean sprouts shot out like a cannonball. It was a narrow escape. Gives me the willies, to think back on it. If I’d been five minutes later coming home–and you know how guys stick around and gab after a softball game–I would have been too late. But by God’s providence, I wasn’t.

Linda has sent us an article on how to perform the Heimlich maneuver on yourself, when there’s no one there to do it for you ( https://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2017/04/19/how-to-perform-the-heimlich-maneuver-on-yourself/ ). This is a really good thing to know, so read the article. The knowledge you acquire just might save your life someday.