I'd like to recognize the quick-thinking and heroic actions of archivist Andy Hempe, of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Andy performed the Heimlich maneuver on a fellow archivist--and asthmatic--who began choking at a gathering of the Archivists of the Houston area (AHA) on April 5, possibly saving her life. I'd tell you more about it, but I believe I was unconscious at the time.... ( We have pretty exciting meetings down here in Houston.) Thank you, Andy! I owe you big time. Thanks also to Annie Golden, M. J. Figard, and other AHAers who came to my aid. And in the true A&A tradition, here is a link so you, too, can be prepared for such an event. http://www.heimlichinstitute.org/howtodo.html#asthmaAnchor Have a good weekend, all. Lesley Lesley W. Brunet Manager, Historical Resources Center Research Medical Library University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Texas 77030-4009 713-792-8220 713-563-3650 (fax) A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>