Artificial respiration by the H N Method

Denmark, 1952

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This film demonstrates the method of artificial respiration developed by Holger Nielson. The two basic movements of each cycle are the back pressure and arm lift. Application for adults is demonstrated and the modifications necessary for use on children are also shown.

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Credits

director

Svend Aage Lorentz

production company

Danish Red Cross

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places
Denmark
Production dates
1952

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

000580

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Artificial respiration

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Short films

Short films → Short films - Denmark

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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