THE EVACUATION HOSPITAL Part 2

Description

Reel 1 describes the location, construction, and organization of an evacuation hospital. Troops arrange medical equipment and tents and set up a water supply system. Casualties arrive at the receiving tent. Transfusions are given and X-rays are made. Reel 2, a cast is adjusted on a patient's leg; another patient is carried to the postoperative tent. Shows internal-medicine specialists and nurses on duty; technicians working in the laboratory; and patients eating. Patients are evacuated by plane and train to general hospitals, and by ship to the U.S.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Film Bulletins