Radio Heartbeats

Series

Series Name: Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.

112

Length of issue (in feet)

422

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

COI synopsis: A radio telephone to save time and life. An ambulance is fitted with an electro cardiograph to record the pulses from the heart of an emergency patient. These pulses are printed simultaneously on a similar machine in the hospital using the radio telephone in the ambulance as a link. Thus, the hospital specialist can diagnose and advise treatment before the patient even reaches the hospital.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Communications; Science and technology; Emergency services

Written sources

COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1458/112

Credits:

Sponsor: Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor: Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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