Relief of pain in childbirth.

Date:
[1954]
  • Film

About this work

Description

Requirements of an ideal analgesic and the use of nitrous oxide and trichlorethlene in childbirth. A pregnant woman is shown on a hospital bed and the voice-over sets the tone for this medical information film, explaining that there are four key factors in seeking analgesia in childbirth; the mother remains conscious and co-operative, that there are good uterine contractions, the method is safe for mother and baby and respiration in the baby is not repressed. Reminding the viewer of the happy outcome of labour, the mother is shown with her new baby. With the use of graphics, the action of nitrous oxide inhalation, 'gas and air', is shown. The typical composition of a cylinder and how to ascertain the contents are then shown. The operation of different machines are graphically illustrated. The use of the ICI product Trilene (trichlorethlene) is explained. Trilene is administered by trained anaesthetists as it has a number of undesirable side-effects which are illustrated. Various models and their mechanism are demonstrated. There is a sequence of ante-natal consultations with different patients to underline how important the selection of appropriate pain-relief is at this stage. The different stages of labour are explained and the appropriate application of analgesia; a happy woman is shown with her baby.

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified], s.n.], [1954]

Physical description

1 film reel (18:00 mins) : sound, color, 16mm.

Notes

Part of the film collection comprising of 55 items donated by Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford, to the Wellcome Trust in 2008. In 1937, Lord Nuffield established a clinical chair of anaesthesia in Oxford amidst some controversy that anaesthesia was even an academic discipline. The collection is a mixture of clinical and educational films made or held by the department to supplement their teaching dating from the late 1930s onwards.
This film item is the same as ICI033.

Creator/production credits

Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd, made in collaboration with the staff of Guy's Hospital.

Copyright note

Nuffield

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