AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING (title provided by J K Sugden)
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MYY 44).
Synopsis
RAMC training film made at 33 General Hospital, Hong Kong, in 1956.
This silent RAMC training film demonstrates the IPPR system for managing bulbar palsy which is a great advance over conventional 'Iron lung' methods. The apparatus which is an REME adaptation of the Beaver respirator is explained in detail. The six stages in the establishment of IPPR are explained with film of an operation in progress.
Notes
Documentation/associated material: see RAMC folder.
Remarks: not for those with a weak stomach!
Titles
- the MANAGEMENT OF BULBAR PALSY BY INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE RESPIRATION (Alternative)
- AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING (title provided by J K Sugden)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1956
- Running Time:
- 11 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 16mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 388 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- associate producer
- Gathercole, R (Captain)
- associate producer
- Kevan, J H (Lieutenant)
- director
- Sugden, J K (Major)
- producer
- Sugden, J K (Major)
- Production company
- British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps
