Vietnam nurses [videorecording] / directed by Polly Watkins ; producers, Beth Frey, Lizzette Atkins. - Canberra, A.C.T. : Ronin Films [distributor], c2005. - 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Six Australian army nurses gather to share their experiences of the Vietnam War. Now in their fifties and sixties, they vividly describe the young soldiers they fought to keep alive, as well as the sights and smells of an intriguing culture where, despite the war, the cycle of life continued as it had for thousands of years. Many soldiers survived horrific injuries that, in previous wars, would have certainly been fatal. For the nurses, even those with trauma experience, it was a huge learning curve.


Medicine, Military--History.--Australia--Queensland
Military nursing--History.--Vietnam
Nurses--Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care.