- Title: F-1808
- Summary: THE BEST DATE YOU'LL EVER HAVE: BLOOD DONATION. TAKES US THROUGH STEPS INVOLVED IN BLOOD DONATION. PRE-DONATION INTERVIEW.
- Description:00:22:04 - RED CROSS NURSE AT ESSEX COUNTY BLOOD BANK. BLOOD DONOR. FILLS OUT PAPERWORK, CU RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR CARD. DONOR SIGNS HIS DONOR CARD. 00:23:00 - NURSE FILLS OUT DONOR'S MEDICAL HISTORY 00:23:17 - BLOOD DONOR HAVING HIS PULSE, TEMPERATURE & HEMOGLOBEN SAMPLE TAKEN. CU STERILIZING FINGERTIP, CU DROP OF BLOOD PLACED IN A PIPETTE. NURSE LOOKS AT BLOOD SAMPLE THROUGH HEMOGLOBEN-OMETER 00:24:05 - CU PATIENT WITH THERMOMETER IN HIS MOUTH, NURSE TAKES THERMOMETER. CU NURSE TAKING PATIENT'S PULSE. NURSE GIVES BLOOD DONOR HIS PAPERWORK, HE DRINKS DIXIE CUP OF FRUIT JUICE 00:24:43 - DR. GIVES BLOOD DONOR PRE-DONATION EXAM. MAN TAKES OFF HIS SHIRT. DR. MEASURES DONOR'S BLOOD PRESSURE. CU BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR. CHECKS HIS EYES. CU DR. CHECKS PATIENT'S MOUTH. CU OPEN MOUTH. CHECKING HEARTBEAT. STETHOSCOPE. DR. CHECKING PATIENT'S LUNGS ETC.. EXTERNAL OBSERVATION OF THE DONOR BY THE DR. 00:27:54 - DONOR GIVES HIS PAPERS TO NURSE TECHNICIAN. SHE CHECKS HIS VEINS. LAYS HIM DOWN, SWABS HIM WITH STERILIZER, STERILIZES THE SKIN 00:29:02 - NURSE TECHNICIAN PREPARES BLOOD DONATION FLASK, CONTAINS MIXTURE OF GLUCOSE & CITRIC ACID. SHE ATTACHES A STERILE ASSEMBLY. RUBBER TUBING. 00:29:44 - CU NURSE PERFORMS A PHLEBOTOMY. STICKS HIS SKIN INSERTS NEEDLE. GIVING BLOOD. BOTTLE FILLING UP WITH BLOOD. 00:30:35 - NURSE PREPARING BLOOD SAMPLE TUBES. PUTTING LABELS ON THE SAMPLES. 00:31:32 - CU HAND TIGHTENING UP, MAKING A FIST. GIVING BLOOD 00:31:39 - NURSE TECHNICIAN CLOSES THE VALVE, STOPPING THE FLOW OF BLOOD. REMOVES NEEDLE. APPLIES STERILE PAD, ARM RAISED, NURSE DISTRIBUTING BLOOD REMAINING IN TUBE INTO THREE TEST TUBES. 00:33:04 - NURSE PUTS GAUZE & BAND-AID ON PATIENT'S ARM. ASSISTS HIM TO A SITING POSITION. POST-BLOOD DONATION. RED CROSS NURSE HELPS HIM WALK 00:33:44 - BLOOD DONORS EATING & DRINKING AFTER GIVING BLOOD. SANDWICHES & COFFEE. 00:34:35 - STILLS. PATIENTS RECEIVE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS 00:35:14 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-1808