Title: Wisconsin. Bureau of Environmental Health: Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Films
Inclusive Dates: 1950-1978

Creator:

• Wisconsin. Bureau of Environmental Health

Call Number: 2013/173; AE 194-AE 196; VCA 269-VCA 271; DG 016-DG 019; CC 380-CC 387

Quantity: 15 films, 3 videorecordings, and 0.1 c.f. (1 folder)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Films and videos, 1950s-1978, from the Department of Health and Social Services, Office of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) covering three distinct subject areas: car safety, emergency medical services, and disaster planning/preparedness. Included are compilation reels consisting of car safety and EMS public service announcements, two 16 mm films related to the role of EMS technicians and resuscitation techniques, as well as new clips, a disaster training exercise in Ashland, Wisconsin and miscellaneous EMS footage on 1/2-inch open-reel video. Also included are several 16 mm films on disaster planning and preparedness, including a series called Medical Self-Help Training, which focuses on health, sanitation, and first-aid concerns during situations when a physician might not be available; and a discussion guide for the film, The Price of Survival.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser03271

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Access Restrictions

The Wisconsin Historical Society currently does not have equipment to play 1/2-inch open-reel video.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 2013/173

	Car Safety
AE 194	Child Restraints, circa 1970s Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Two PSAs on the importance of child safety in vehicles. Uses crash test footage to demonstrate the impact of collision on unrestrained children.
AE 194	Driver safety PSAs, circa 1970s Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: “Dynamics of a Crash,” “Safety Belts Save Lives,” “Risk,” “Heartache. Four short PSAs on the importance of wearing a seatbelt. One includes excerpts from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety film “Crashes That Need Not Kill”; the second is a Chrysler PSA; the third emphasizes the odds of being in a car crash and the importance of a safety belt; the fourth is a U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ad on safety belts.
	Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
VCA 269	Ashland Disaster Exercise, 1976 December 17 Physical Description: 1/2-inch open reel
CC 384	Emergency Airway: A Plan of Action, 1963 Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: United States, Department of the Army. Describes and demonstrates, in a clinical situation, emergency procedures for restoring breathing when the airway is either partially or completely obstructed.
VCA 270	EMS, 1973 Physical Description: 1/2-inch open reel
VCA 271	EMS news clip, undated Physical Description: 1/2-inch open reel
	EMS PSAs
AE 195	Emergency Medical Service, circa 1970s Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: The Commission of Emergency Medical Services and the American Medical Association. One PSA on how to have a coordinated EMS program in your community.
AE 195	Family Dinner, circa 1970s Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: American Medical Association. Two PSAs about knowing how to respond to a medical emergency. Scenario presented is a family gathering in which a relative has a heart attack.
CC 385	One Heart, One Life, 1978 Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: American Heart Association, Communications Division and Jim Murray Film. Stresses the importance of learning the technique of CPR and what to do in the event of a heart attack.
CC 386	Wanted Alive: The Role of the Emergency Medical Technician, 1974 Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: Paramount Pictures Corporation in Cooperation with American College of Emergency Physicians, Educational Services Division. Dramatic presentation depicting the life-saving performance of an EMT team. Film explores training and the personality characteristics needed to meet the profession's standards.
	Disaster Planning
	Medical Self-Help Training, circa 1960s Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: Produced by the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service in Cooperation with the Office of Civil Defense. Series on how to respond to various emergency situations when medical assistance might not be available. The majority of the episodes take place in situations resulting from radioactive fallout.
CC 380	Burns
DG 016	Fractures and Splinting
DG 017	Healthful Living in Emergencies
CC 381	Infant and Child Care
DG 018	Nursing Care of the Sick and Injured
DG 019	Radioactive Fallout and Shelter
CC 382	Shock
CC 383	Transportation of the Injured
CC 387	The Price of Survival, 1967 Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service. Depicts the reactions of a hospital staff and local citizens to disaster (tornado). Portrays the preparation and planning necessary to correct the weak points in a hospital's disaster plan and illustrates a successful test of an improved disaster plan.
2013/173 Folder   1	The Price of Survival, Community Emergency Health Services Training Program, discussion guide
AE 196	Public Health Problems in Mass Evacuation, circa 1950s Physical Description: 16 mm, color, sound  Scope and Content Note: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, a Communicable Disease Center Production. Documentary exploring major public health problems and sanitation concerns that accompany any situation during a mass evacuation such as nuclear fallout.