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May, 1942 Vith Films SfRY E. CHILDS prvisor of Visual Education, iience Public Schools, Rhode Island Treatment for shock. "Make the victim breathe and make him hot." Emergency First Aid. Announced in April 1942. 16nim silent now available, sound later. Black and white or color. Sale or rental. 5 reels: Bleeding. Resuscitation and Shock; Treatment of Wounds and Burns ; Fractures ; Fixed Fracture Splinting; Trans- porting the Injured. I have not yet seen these films, but the series has been highly commended by leaders of civilian war service groups as a valuable asset to courses in first aid. Bell & Howell, Brandon Films. Fractures. 16mm silent. Black and white. Free loan. Aetna Life Insurance Co. Anatomical Models. 16mm sound. Black and white. Free. Denoyer-Geppert- Four U. S. Army training films. Two sections of 1200 feet each may be borrowed by applying to the Signal Officer of the nearest Army Corps. Application must be approved by local director of Civilian Defense. No. 33 includes bleeding wounds on battlefields, pres- sure points (using thigh instead of groin), splinting with improvised materials but without traction, grass for padding, and use of stretcher. No. 8-150 includes sunstroke, fainting, burns, eye injuries, and rescues from electric wires. Sound. Black and white. Free loan. FiLMSTRiPs—Series of six strips on first aid: Bandag- ing Wounds; Control of Bleeding; Fractures; Artificial Respiration. Society for Visual Education. Red Cross instructors usually have a small chart on the blood system, borrowed metal traction splints, and a few other items. We prefer notched wooden splints because few metal ones will be available for use in air raids. Denoyer Geppert have excellent colored anatomical models but these are not easily transported. Kinds of Programs We presented films whenever we could as best we could. Therefore several types of programs were used. Since the size of groups, their major interests, the extent of their training, and their educational and cultural backgrounds varied, I tried to adjust myself accordingly in choosing an introduction to catch interest, and a good combination of demonstrations and talk to hold attention. Orientation programs A program varying from sixty to ninety minutes was used to show the scope of first aid and to emphasize the kinds of serious trouble most likely to be met in air raids. Such a program includes Erpi's First Aid, our Providence film First Aid Functions, and two or more reels of the Red Cross subject Before the Doctor Comes. The Eastman First Aid series and the Army films were also used sometimes. This program has been shown to air wardens in groups of forty to nine hundred in three cities and to all fire auxiliaries to two cities. Eight men lift victim with broken back onto the edge of a stretcher. General programs later in course We selected films to syn-