Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Brain Attack

Brain Attack Units are teams of medical specialists devoted to emergency stroke intervention, and their methods are having a powerful impact on patients and on the medical profession. Filmed at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City and the UCLA Medical Center, this program uses case studies to explain the warning signs of strokes and demonstrate the techniques being used to save lives and minimize long-term post-stroke debilitation. OR footage of the teams in action graphically shows both surgical and noninvasive procedures for dealing with blood clots, arterial stenosis, and aneurysms. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes)

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Item#: BVL11177
Copyright date: ©2000
DVD ISBN 978-1-60467-046-2


DVD	$149.95

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