Get help - give aid | Paul Fillinger | 1982 | ACMI collection

Gives us an overview of what first aid to provide in a variety of emergency situations. Shows how to use the phone to contact emergency services; how to stop the flow of blood; how to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation; how to help a person whose clothes are on fire and how to give aid to a person who is choking. NB THE PROCEDURE FOR FIRST AID FOR CHOKING IS NOT THE PROCEDURE RECOMMENDED IN AUSTRALIA.

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Credits

director

Paul Fillinger

production company

American College of Emergency Physicians

Fillinger Films

Duration

00:13:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1982

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303160

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Get help - give aid

United States, 1982

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