Learning on ScreenLife Without Heart and Lungs
- Synopsis
- The surgical repair of human hearts requires that the heart itself be temporarily out of action during the period of operation. Heart-lung machines are available to provide circulating blood to the brain and other organs during this time. Until recently the use of such machines was limited in time to a matter of hours only but recent advances have greatly extended this time scale. The programme indicates the direction of this research and shows how new artificial lungs can support life for many days at a time.
- Series
- Scientific Basis of Medicine, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 19 min.
- Year of production
- 1974
- Availability
- Sale
- Uses
- Postgraduate audiences in medical and biological sciences.
- Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- heart; heart-lung machines; surgery
Credits
- Director
- John Metcalfe
- Producer
- John Metcalfe
- Writer
- D C Melrose
- Cast
D C Melrose
Production Company
- Name
British Postgraduate Medical Federation
- Phone
- 071-831 7599
- Address
- 33 Millman Street
LONDON
WC1N 3EJ
- Name
University of London Audio-Visual Centre
- Notes
- Closed down.
Distributor
- Name
Wellcome Film
- misc@wellcome.ac.uk
- Web
- http://wellcomelibrary.org/about-us/about-the-collections/moving-image-and-sound-collection/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7611 8766
- Fax
- 020 7611 8577
- Address
- Moving Image & Sound Collections
Wellcome Library
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
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