Life Minus 3

A film for the layperson on emergency procedures should someone have a sudden heart attack. If the heart stops beating, brain cells will die after three minutes. During this three minute period it is vital that life be prolonged by heart-lung and mouth to mouth resuscitation until expert aid arrives.

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Credits

production company

Tasmanian Film Corporation

Duration

00:08:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013778

Language

English

Subject categories

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cardiac resuscitation

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → First aid in illness and injury

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1975

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