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)

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