Heimlich inventor honours Cape Breton boy
Last Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2007 | 8:09 AM ET
CBC News
Related
Internal Links
The man who created the Heimlich manoeuvre has personally congratulated an 11-year-old Cape Breton boy for saving his choking friend last week.
Tristan Unsworth said Dr. Henry Heimlich called him after school Wednesday.
"He's in Vancouver and some of his friends actually told him about me in the paper," Tristan told CBC News Thursday. "He says he is going to give me the yearly lifesavers award. I was amazed."
On April 18, Tristan, a student at Mountainview Elementary School in Howie Centre, used the Heimlich manoeuvre to dislodge a candy from Travis Hayes's windpipe.
Tristan has been hailed a hero for his actions, and both boys have been busy doing interviews about the experience.
Tristan first learned the Heimlich manoeuvre from his grandmother, but had more formal training in February during a babysitting course offered through his school.
He said Heimlich told him he'll be awarded the Heimlich Institute's Save-A-Life Award.
Tristan will also be getting a Canadian Red Cross Rescuer Award for his deed.
Share Tools
Top News Headlines
- HMCS Corner Brook collision damage extensive
- The damage done to HMCS Corner Brook when it hit the ocean floor off B.C.'s coast last summer was more extensive than first reported, CBC News has learned by obtaining exclusive pictures of the submarine. more »
- Mandatory gun sentence struck down by Ontario judge
- An Ontario Superior Court judge has struck down a mandatory minimum sentence for a first offence of possessing a loaded firearm. more »
- UN warns of civil war in Syria
- Syrian government forces renewed their assault on the rebellious city of Homs on Tuesday, activists said, as the UN human rights chief raised fears of civil war. more »
- Online surveillance critics siding with child porn: Toews
- Critics of a bill that would give law enforcement new powers to access Canadians' electronic communications are aligning themselves with child pornographers, Canada's public safety minister says. more »
Latest Health News Headlines
- Low vitamin D in womb tied to poor language skills
- Children born to women who had low levels of vitamin D during their pregnancy are more likely to have language problems, a new study suggests. more »
- Alberta pharmacists to renew prescriptions
- Albertans will be able to get their prescriptions renewed at their local pharmacy starting July 1. more »
- Identify legal marijuana grow-op sites, Calgary asks Ottawa
- Calgary officials are asking to be kept in the loop about medical marijuana being grown in the city. more »
- Manitoba wants ER death lawsuit thrown out
- A Manitoba court must decide what to do with a court bid by the province to quash a lawsuit by the family of Brian Sinclair, a homeless man who died after waiting 34 hours in a hospital emergency room in 2008. more »
FEATURED HEALTH
- HMCS Corner Brook collision damage extensive
- Online surveillance critics siding with child porn: Toews
- Stanley Cup rioter seen in brick attack on cop
- Mandatory gun sentence struck down by Ontario judge
- Whitney Houston's body headed home to New Jersey
- Whitney Houston's body now at N.J. funeral home
- Man pleads guilty to murder of stepdaughter, 17
- Whitney Houston estate value set to soar
- HIV-positive B.C. man jailed for assault, child porn
