Burn care: a life at stake

Aimed at teaching first aid for burns. Shows how to assess the extent and degree of burns, and how to treat thermal, electrical and chemical burns before medical aid is administered. Includes interviews with burn victims, medical photographs illustrating various kinds of burns and realistic dramatisations of burn accidents.

Credits

production company

Charles Cahill and Associates

producer

John Ralmon

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014998

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Burns and scalds

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Burns and scalds - Treatment

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Wounds and injuries - Treatment

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1980

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