History

Footage from the Royal Victoria Infirmary - 1974.  
16mm film transfer (no sound)

• Patients testing the functions and alarms of their machine


• Taking their own blood pressures


• Lining and priming their machine


• Needling themselves


• Checking pump speeds by timing how fast a bubble travels between two points!


• The original self care dialysers!

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A Technical History of Dialysis

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Machines

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A feature on North Staffs. Renal Unit from the Artery Magazine
January 1982!

A feature on North Staffs Renal Unit - ARTERY Magazine 1982!