While the camera follows Joe through a typical American business man’s day, his heart speaks out about what Joe is doing to it. Animation in a machinery metaphor illustrates the heart’s functions and the effects upon it of anxiety, tension, smoking, faulty diet and overweight. Joe’s heart attack and a coronary shutdown are detailed along with the step-by-step lifesaving procedures in an Intensive Care Unit. While Joe’s recovery lessens the fear of the fatality of a heart attack his experience brings home a lesson that can prevent heart attacks from happening.
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ACMI Identifier
321496
Language
English
Subject categories
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cardiac diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cardiovascular patients - Rehabilitation
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Diseases - Prevention
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Heart - Diseases
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)