 The invention was credited with saving the lives of hundreds of American soldiers in the Vietnam War.Heimlich first published his views about the maneuver in an informal article in "Emergency Medicine" on June 1, 1974, entitled, "Pop Goes the Cafe Coronary".On June 19, 1974, the "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" reported that retired restaurant-owner Isaac Piha used the procedure to rescue a choking victim, Irene Bogachus, in Bellevue, Washington.