First aid for non-battle injuries
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Summary
| Description | In this film, the elementary principles of first aid for soldiers in the field are presented. The emphasis is on what the soldier should do before medical help arrives. He is shown how to put everyday objects and personal items to good use in emergency situations. The film is narrated over footage of soldiers in the field. In the aftermath of a road accident in which an army truck overturns, injuring several men, the first aid treatment of wounds and fractures is addressed.Soldiers are shown giving first aid to a man with a possible broken back, a man with a bleeding flesh wound of the thigh, and another with a fractured forearm. In another scenario, a soldier falls from a tree and breaks his leg. His buddies fashion splints from boards to keep the leg immobile until medical help arrives. A soldier shocked by a downed live wire is removed from contact with the wire and given artificial respiration until he begins to breathe on his own. A drowning victim first has his lungs drai |
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| Source | collections.nlm.nih.gov |
| Author | United States. Army. Signal Corps. |