First aid training in personnel damage control. No. 4. Fractures

United States, 1946

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In this film, instructions are given to sailors on how to give first aid for fractured bones. Animation is used to describe the human skeletal system, the effects of fractures on muscle, blood vessels, skin, and nerves, to illustrate the difference between simple and compound fractures, and to illustrate the effects of a Thomas splint.

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Credits

production company

United States. Dept. of the Navy

Wilding Picture Productions

Duration

00:22:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1946

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

320635

Language

English

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → United States - Armed forces

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Armed forces - training

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

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

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

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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