Presents latest basic life support principles and techniques for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as recommended by the National Research Council. Live subjects, mannequins, audio visual aids and animation are used to demonstrate A - Airway opened, B - Breathing restored and C - Circulation restored. Physiological background and dramatic CPR re-enactments are provided. The revised version does not contain a demonstration of the precordial thump or a witnessed cardiac arrest. The precordial thump should only be used in conjunction with an ECG monitoring machine.
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ACMI Identifier
323296
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Safety education
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cardiac resuscitation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cardiovascular system
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → First aid in illness and injury
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Heart - Diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Life-saving
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pulmonary circulation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Resuscitation
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Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)