Plug in to the Patients

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1709
Date Released
5 Mar 1962
Date submitted
1 Mar 1962
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Plug in to the Patients. DESCRIPTION: Thanks to a new device, a British invention by EMI, it will be possible for a nurse to keep an eye on up to a hundred patients. So, electrify the patients: a belt will record respiration, and a thermometer under the arm is wired to the control centre. So is the ear-clip, which records the pulse rate. The wires are linked with a junction box on the bed, and nurse, at her control desk, simply dials the ward. Having got through, she dials each patient in turn, without leaving her desk. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV ward. CU patients with thermometer in mouth. CU watch. CU pulse being taken. CU nurse. CU waist-band being attached. MCU electric thermometer placed under patient’s arm. CU pulse indicator clip. MCU clip attached to patient’s ear. MCU junction box. MS nurse at control desk dials bed. MS ward number indicator. CU nurse dialling. CU nurse dialling. CU bed number indicator. CU patient asleep (2 shots). CU dials. CU temperature dial. CU pulse dial. CU nurse noting down readings. CU nurse. MS patient. MS ditto.
Keywords
Health and medicine
Locations
London; West Middlesex Hospital
Card file number
83991
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Mark McDonald
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Plug in to the Patients', British Movietone News Issue No. 1709, 5 Mar 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24529 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)