Pre-operative care

United States, 1943

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Episode of Series “Care of the sick and injured”.
Demonstrates the method of preparing a patient both mentally and physically for an appendectomy operation. Shows the method of preparing the operative field for abdominal or bone operations.

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Credits

production company

United States. Navy

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1943

Appears in

Care of the sick and injured

Group of items

Care of the sick and injured

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

008657

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical care

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Nursing

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Operations - Surgical

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Patient care

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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