Robert S.
Baratz MD PhD DDS, National Council Against Health Fraud:
(Henry Heimlich's
career) is the biggest case of scientific fraud I've ever seen.
The longest, the biggest and the most far-reaching, without a
doubt...His ideas are insane. Some of his ideas are delusional.
He has been experimenting on human beings for most of his career,
and he's no different than the Nazi experimenters. There isn't
one iota of scientific basis for this except that Heimlich said
so. (source)
Joseph P. Ornato MD, Medical
College of Virginia:
Dr. Heimlich continues to
distort, misquote, fabricate, and mislead his peers and the public
regarding the scientific "evidence" supporting the
safety and efficacy of his (drowning) theory. Dr. Heimlich's
"evidence" consists of unsubstantiated, poorly documented
anecdotes. He cites letters to the editor (published in the Journal
of the American Medical Association) as though they represented
rigorous scientific study. (August
1992 letter to the American Red Cross as quoted in the Cincinnati
Enquirer, May 10, 1993)
He almost got me fired. The
things he was saying about me were really slanderous. (source)
Peter Lurie MD, Deputy Director,
Public Citizen's Health Research Group
I don’t care if you’re
Henry Heimlich. I don’t care how many lives the Heimlich
maneuver saved. That doesn’t give you a license to go overseas
and inject people with poor medical care with dangerous microorganisms.
(source)
James P. Orlowski MD, Tampa
University Community Hospital:
He called me a liar and said
I was totally unscientific and didn't understand how important
his maneuver was...(Heimlich is) an obstructionist...His approach
has been to prevent the studies from ever being done, so nobody
can get an answer to whether he's right or wrong. (source)
Roger D. White MD, Mayo Clinic,
American Heart Association consultant:
Heimlich overpowered science
all along the way with his slick tactics and intimidation, and
everyone, including us at the AHA caved in. (source)
Linda Quan MD, Seattle Childrens
Hospital:
His mischaracterization (of
my study), in print, was grossly misleading and defines his character (source)
Jerome H. Modell MD, University
of Florida, Gainesville:
Inclusion of the Heimlich
maneuver in the 1985 (American Heart Association drowning) protocols
was a concession to Heimlich.
(source)
Charles W. Guildner MD (ret),
former consultant, American Heart Association:
It's so repugnant to me the
way Dr. Heimlich has bullied..He's a bully and he has bullied
people into submission - (source)
What
medical & water safety experts say about my work
Robert Baratz MD PhD DDS,
National Council Against Health Fraud:
I've been investigating medical
fraud and quackery for 25 years. Peter Heimlich and his wife
Karen uncovered the biggest case I've ever seen.
Alan Steinman MD MPH, Rear Admiral (ret.) US Coast Guard,
author, US Coast Guard water safety manual:
Your crusade is a major plus
for medicine and for the American public. So, as a member of
both communities, I thank you.
B.
Chris Brewster,
President, US Lifesaving Association:
Peter Heimlich's relentless
and successful effort to expose the truth has been an inspiration
to lifesavers everywhere.
Charles W. Guildner MD (ret), former consultant, American Heart Association:
Peter Heimlich has worked
tirelessly to uncover a fascinating, yet little known chapter
of medical history, one with as much human intrigue as you would
expect from a John LeCarre novel.
Michelle Jantz, Manager, Operations
and Program Administration, Preparedness and Health and Safety,
American Red Cross, Washington DC:
I applaud your commitment
to continuing to clear up these issues.
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