Rescue Breathing
Rescue Breathing
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 97559 I, 00:00:00 Film was produced under the monitoring of several medical groups in the Buffalo, NY area and is perhaps the first (certainly one of the first) films demonstrating mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Much footage is devoted to Oximeter demonstration of effectiveness of mouth-to-mouth technique vs. manual method. Film also depics common accidents resulting in respiratory arrest. Essentials which are depicted remain essentially unchanged to date with the notable exception of using thumb and fingers to keep victim's jaw in upward thrust position. The dress and grooming is typical of the 1950s. The completely noncommittal poses of two children who are witness to the resuscitory efforts of parents and physicians are noteworthy--must have been members of the producer's family...