NCJ Number
17555
Date Published
1975
Length
0 pages
Annotation
PROPER PROCEDURES PERFORMED WITHIN MINUTES OF HEART AND LUNG ARREST CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
Abstract
TAKING THIS FACT SERIOUSLY, THE FILM PRESENTS THE PROGRESSIVE STEPS, THE ABC, OF RESUSCITATION TECHNIQUES. THE ABC CHECKLIST - AIRWAY, BREATHING, CIRCULATION - IS DISCUSSED AND PORTRAYED IN A TRAINING CLASSROOM SETTING. DIAGNOSTIC STEPS FOR DETERMINING THE OPERATING STATUS OF LUNGS AND HEART ARE PRESENTED, AND TECHNIQUES OF RESUSCITATION ARE DRAMATIZED. VARIATIONS IN TECHNIQUE APPLICABLE FOR CHILDREN AND INFANTS ARE DELINEATED. THE CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION PROCEDURE, INVOLVING RHYTHMIC PRESSURE ON THE CHEST FOR HEARTBEAT RESUMPTION AND PERIODIC MOUTH-TO-MOUTH BREATH INFUSION FOR REVIVAL OF LUNG OPERATION, IS PORTRAYED REPEATEDLY AS PERFORMED SINGLY AND AS A TEAM. CONVINCING DRAMATIZATIONS OF HEART AND LUNG FAILURE IN REAL LIFE SETTINGS AND WITH VARYING DEGREES OF SERIOUSNESS ARE PRESENTED AND WITNESSES PERFORM THE APPROPRIATE RESUSCITATION TECHNIQUES IN CONJUNCTION WITH NARRATIVE COMMENTARY. THE FILM COULD WELL BE USED FOR TRAINING POLICE IN EMERGENCY RESCUE PROCEDURES.