The price of survival

The price of survival

Contributor(s):
Cottrell, Hugh B.
National Medical Audiovisual Center.
United States. Public Health Service.
United States. Public Health Service. Division of Health Mobilization.
Publication:
[Washington, DC] : Public Health Service, 1967
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Disaster Planning
Emergency Medical Services
Genre(s):
Instructional Film and Video
Abstract:
This film illustrates a fictional town's response to a local emergency. After a deadly tornado causes an explosion at a chemical plant, the rattled community responds to the event and prepares itself for the next disaster. Mr. Richard Barnes, a local hospital administrator, Dr. James Hickman, the city's public health officer, and Tom Ryan, chairman of the medical society's disaster committee, work with the city's director of civil defense to develop an emergency defense plan. Within the medical committee, they coordinate the separate plans of the three local hospitals, take inventory of available medical supplies, and work with the local nurses' association and medical society to organize all available health professionals. They also develop food, transportation, and communications' networks by working with local food vendors, the police department, trucking companies, and the transportation department. To test the health service plan with other emergency services, the city holds a full-scale emergency drill to assess its effectiveness in an actual crisis.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
031 min.
Color:
Color
Credits:
Technical advisors, Robert O. Stewart, Hugh B. Cottrell.
Provenance:
Received: (date unknown) as a donation from the National Medical Audiovisual Center.
Technique:
Live action
NLM Unique ID:
9517986 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
228114902
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9517986