Screen Credit Archive ~ Tory Salvia
USARIEM: A Quest for Knowledge – Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ This 20 minute video tells the story of USARIEM, the U.S.
Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. Its products can be found on
the sweeping vistas of a blistering hot desert battlefield ...in the chilling swamps of a
Ranger training center ... along a rugged mountain range dividing two hostile neighbors
... and in every diverse climate and region around the globe where the U.S. Warfighter now
guards the peace and may someday have to do battle. To tell this story, we spotlight
USARIEM=s greatest asset C the men and women who plan and conduct the
research, and the volunteers who test their theories in the lab and in the field. A
professional off-screen narrator frames the story and provides the connecting details.
Client: the International Imaging Center,
Aberdeen Proving Ground.
AIDS INSIDE THE BODY – Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ This medical video uses a combination
high-end 2-D and 3-D video animation to visualize the workings of the body's immune system
and show how HIV attacks and destroys key cells. Designed as part of an inter-active
computer program for healthcare workers.
MEDPORT – Writer/Director
VIDEO ~ Desert Storm taught us a great
deal. It tested our air-land battle doctrine and vindicated our investments in research
and development of advanced technologies. It showed that the U.S. Warfighter was ready and
capable to fight the war. Unfortunately, the same was not true for battlefield medical
care provider. Although there was some individual and unit readiness, there was a general
lack of medical system integration. In some cases whole elements of units were absent or
older equipment configurations were incompatible with the air-land battle. This video
illustrates a instrumented devices that link battlefield medical personnel to the
Warfighter during live field training. These devices record realistic wounding data
allowing medical personnel to impact the success of failure of the training exercise.
MERLIN – Writer/Director
VIDEO ~ This informational video showcases the Medical
Readiness Learning Initiative. MERLIN is an advanced system using affordable,
off-the-shelf computer components combined with a customized, user-friendly interface to
create, transfer, and access casualty data. MERLIN addresses both the training and
operational needs of Reserve and Guard medical units. It gives them the ability to train
both medical and non-medical personnel on tasks they don’t normally do in peacetime,
such as mass-casualty situations or management of chemical warfare injuries. In their
deployment phase, MERLIN provides a platform that can be taken to the field and used to
enter patient information from the scene and then passed through the echelons of medical
care.
FIELD CASUALTY TREATMENT — Scriptwriter
CD-ROM ~ Designed to train Army medics,
this interactive simulator presents the student with realistic field casualties. Each
casualty wave includes an initial scenario video clip and a second look
video clip in which the camera acts as the student's point of view. After learning of
patient findings through dialogue between the casualty and other unit members, the student
must perform a hasty field triage, provide life-sustaining first aid to control bleeding,
maintain respiration and cardiac function, and supervise evacuation based on severity of injuries.
DMSSC INFORMATION SYSTEMS – Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ This 3 part program is designed to inform the Defense
Department medical community about the new computer architecture which will dramatically
improve health and hospital services within DoD. The programs, aimed at high level
decision-makers, mid-level managers, and support personnel, use 3-D computer animation
coupled with live action case histories, to explain the need for a systems approach to
information networking.
Client: Richfield Productions for Electronic
Data System Corporation.
CHCM: HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT FOR THE FUTURE –
Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ Designed for a senior military audience, this glimpse
into the future uses live action and computer graphics to illustrate how an advanced
computer based management system will help hospital commanders and their staffs to
continue delivering quality, cost effective health care in the 1990s and beyond.
Client: Richfield Productions for Electronic
Data System Corporation.
DEADLY AGENTS – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ This 16 mm documentary film tells the story of
the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease. It
highlights USAMRIID's unique world-wide efforts in battling highly infectious agents and
showcases the sophisticated safety features the Institute employs to treat individuals who
have contracted rare viruses.
COMPUTER ASSISTED IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM –
Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ This video overviews a new computer program which
utilizes dental records to identify missing persons and mass casualties for the U.S.
military. The video illustrates how the system speeds data entry, comparison, and final
verification of victims.
BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ Describes the Army training program for
Biomedical Repair Technicians and how they interact with the hospital's medical staff to
maintain an inventory which can include up to 20,000 items.
MILITARY EYEWEAR – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ This instructional film demonstrates the skills
needed to measure, fit, and adjust mono-focal, bifocal, and tri-focal eye wear.
FOREIGN WEAPON WOUNDING POTENTIAL – Scriptwriter /
Director
VIDEO ~ This 5 part program briefs medical planners on the
lethality of the modern battlefield and explains a new computer system which can estimate
the wounding ability of Potential Adversary weaponry.
WATER PRESSURE LAVAGE – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ Illustrates new medical water lavage technology
developed in Vietnam for wound debriedment. Also shows applications for automated surgical
scrub for operating room personnel.
PESTICIDE SPRAYER CALIBRATION – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ Three training films designed to support the
Department of Defense Pesticide Training Center, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. The films
describe calibration and operation of Ultra Low Volume sprayers for insect control in
outdoor areas and food warehouses.
SURGICAL RECRUITMENT SPOTS -- Writer/Director
VIDEO ~ Five 3 Min. Videos designed to recruit surgeons for
the U.S. Army Medical Department, these 5 spots use footage of operations, facilities, and
support staff combined through extensive ADO and PAINT BOX video special effects.
Initially produced for an exhibit at the American College of Surgeons, the spots have
aired at numerous professional medical meetings across the U.S.
TRIMIS – Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ This 3 video series provides an overview of the Tri-Service
Medical Information computer System being installed in military hospitals. Areas
include patient and physician scheduling, pharmaceutical prescriptions, and hospital
inventory management.
ARMORED FIGHTING VEHICLE NONFRAGMENT INJURIES –
Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ This film provides general background on nonfragment
injuries to crewmen of armored vehicles. Documents recent tests involving the Army's new
Bradley AFV and various types of enemy warheads.
HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (AIDS): SITUATION REPORT
– Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ A 30 Min. Video designed for corpsman and nurses of
the U.S. Navy Medical Department. The video presents general medical facts about AIDS
including immune system response to HIV, explains the Navy's medical screening and testing
program, discusses medical evaluation and patient management, and highlights protective
measures for medical personnel.
NAVAL HOSPITAL SHIPS: SITUATION REPORT –
Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ This 30 Minute video Client: the U.S. Navy Medical
Department describes the construction and operation of the world's largest floating
hospitals. The program includes a brief history of the hospital ship and goes on to show
the new ships' crew and hospital spaces, and the patient flow plan.
MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE HEAD AND SPINE INJURIES –
Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ Instructs medical personnel in the proper methods of
evaluating neurological trauma. Includes film sequence demonstrating emergency room
protocol for a head & spine injury.
BE THE DOCTOR YOU WANT TO BE – Scriptwriter /
Director
VIDEO ~ Videotape component for Naval medical exhibit used
for the direct procurement of physicians into the Navy Medical Corps.
NAVAL AEROSPACE MEDICINE – Scriptwriter / Director
VIDEO ~ Provides an overview of the Navy's medical aerospace
facilities located at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. Designed as videotape
component for Navy Medical exhibit.
NAVAL DISABILITY EVALUATION Series – Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ This 2 part video series provides an orientation for
Naval personnel assigned to the Disability Evaluation System, and for sailors and marines
who are being evaluated for disability status.
PATIENT CARE ASSIGNMENT – Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ Describes the responsibilities and duties of the Navy
Nurse in managing the skills of his/her Hospital Corps staff. Part of the Navy Nurse Corps
orientation series.
SHIPBOARD POTABLE WATER: Surveillance – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ Provides an overview of the potable water system
aboard ship. Stresses the cooperative relationship which must exist between Engineering
and Medical personnel in order to properly protect the drinking water supply.
TUBERCULIN SKIN TESTING
– Scriptwriter / Director
16MM FILM ~ Instructs Navy Corpsmen on how to administer the
Navy's TB skin testing program.
1997 HONOR AWARD - OUTSTANDING FILM ~ Assn. of Military
Surgeons of the U.S.
A BREATH IN TIME – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ Uses dramatization to show the signs and symptoms
of asphyxia and cardiac arrest. Illustrates first aid techniques of oral resuscitation and
CPR.
COOL IT – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ Focuses on burn injuries which occur in the Navy
environment. Employs dramatizations of shipboard and industrial burn accidents to
demonstrate 1st aid techniques.
STOP THE BLEEDING – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ Describes the importance of blood in the
functioning of the body. Illustrates the three preferred methods to control bleeding.
TRANSPORTATION OF THE WOUNDED ABOARD SHIP –
Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ Illustrates the specific problems encountered and
techniques used to handle and transport the injured aboard ship.
TREATMENT FOR FRACTURES – Scriptwriter
16MM FILM ~ Provides 1st aid instruction on treating
fractures. Defines types of fractures and teaches principles of splinting. Gives specific
instruction on the use of the wire mesh splint.
NAVAL MEDICAL COMMAND SITUATION REPORTS –
Scriptwriter
VIDEO ~ A video magazine style series reporting on major
topics of interest to the Naval Medical Department. SITREP #1 provides an overview of
combat readiness training programs, SITREP #2 explains the recent NAVMEDCOM
reorganization, and SITREP #3 focuses on the training programs run by the Naval School of
Health Sciences.
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