Title:RAF MEDICAL BRANCH SURGICAL CRAFT WORKSHOP EXTERNAL FIXATION FOR GUNSHOT WOUND TO FEMUR [Main Title]
Film Number:DRF 9151
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Summary: RAF film featuring Air Commodore H J K Vieyra, consultant adviser in orthopaedic surgery to the RAF, and Squadron Leader C Handley, consultant orthopaedic surgeon. The surgeons demonstrate with a model thigh, shot with a low-velocity round at Porton Down in such a way as to shatter the femur, how to excise the wound, remove debris, and apply an external fixator - a metal framework designed to hold the bone in place while the injury heals.
