Basic Life Support

Australia, 1988

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Episode of Series “Life Support”.
Highlights the importance of a commonsense approach to emergency situations. After covering the life threatening priorities of airway, breathing and circulation, the program goes on to explain in detail history (what happened), signs (what you see or feel) and symptoms (what the patient feels). An accident scene highlights this approach and stresses the need for urgent action.

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Credits

producer

Nightingale Productions

Duration

00:15:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1988

Appears in

Life Support

Group of items

Life Support

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017671

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

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

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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