Breath Monitor

Series

Series Name
Living Tomorrow

Issue

Issue No.
245
Date Released
1979
Length of issue (in feet)
523
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Harmless Harness
  2. 2Breath Monitor
  3. 3Diesel Drainer
  4. 4Ink Jet Printing

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
COI synopsis: Traditionally, nurses wanting to check a young baby’s breathing did so by feeling the slight movements of the abdomen. This can now be done continuously and remotely by a simple monitor, which detects the same movement and can sound a warning if the baby is in any danger.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Children; Science and technology; Inventions and discoveries
Written sources
COI Microfilm Roll 55 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis
COI Reference
MI 1458/245
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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