More elderly Americans are choking to death. Are these devices the answer?
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FILE - Dr. Henry Heimlich describes the maneuver he developed to help clear obstructions from the windpipes of choking victims, during an interview in his home in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)FILE - Alainna Lantz, 12, of Bridgeport, W.Va., practices the Heimlich maneuver during a free Safe Sitter course offered by West Virginia University's Center for Rural Emergency Medicine on June 11, 2003, in Fairmont, W.Va. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks, File)FILE - Dr. Henry J. Heimlich uses lifegaurds at Coney Island swimming pool in suburban Cincinnati on Friday, July 9, 1999, to demonstrate how the Heimlich maneuver can help save people from drowning. (AP Photo/Tony Tribble, File)
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FILE - Dr. Henry Heimlich describes the maneuver he developed to help clear obstructions from the windpipes of choking victims, during an interview in his home in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
