He's Back... And This Time He's Trying To Save Lives

First he dissected human bodies to show you how they work. Next he did it to show you how they die. Now he's going to show you how to save them. Dr Gunther von Hagens presents his third series of lectures given to an audience of body donors and their families.

In these master classes, von Hagens recreates serious injuries on human bodies to reveal just what happens to the body when faced with assaults or accidents and to show what doctors, nurses and first-aiders can do, working against the clock, to try to preserve life.

He is joined by Dr John Heyworth, A&E Consultant, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, whose illuminating commentary is based on his first-hand, frontline experience of a busy Emergency Department. And for the first time, von Hagens has teamed up with the British Red Cross, whose representative, Emma Rand, demonstrates simple First Aid techniques that could mean the difference between life and death.

Special Features:

The Gunther von Hagens Body Appeal: Dr Gunther hits the campaign trail on a mission to recruit body donors

Dr von Hagens has previously presented two massively successful series, Anatomy for Beginners and Autopsy: Life and Death. In each episode of Gunther's ER, Dr von Hagens recreates serious injuries on cadavers to reveal just what happens to the body when faced with assaults or accidents. All specimens used to demonstrate the effect of these injuries, are real human bodies, donated to Dr von  Hagens' Institute for Plastination.

Note: This DVD is Pal format, used in Australia, Asia, UK & NZ. For other countries (US) it can only be played on computers & Laptops.

The first part, Death in Minutes, focuses on the airways and illustrates how damage to this system can cause death in just minutes. The second part, Death in Hours, explores the circulatory system and how bleeding affects the human body as a whole, in some cases eventually causing death. The third part, Permanent Damage, looks at the nervous system and bones and examines the kind of injury that can cause permanent damage.

Format: Pal; All regions; Running Time: 190 mins.

Over the last couple of decades, Dr Gunther von Hagens has pioneered novel techniques of plastination, a process which essentially replaces the water and fat of ordinary human tissues with wax. This has allowed him to prepare an unrivalled collection of durable anatomical exhibits of great educational value and aesthetic quality.

He has brought these specimens together in the travelling Body Worlds exhibition, with the aim of allowing ordinary people to see the wonders of anatomy for themselves. That people are interested in the subject is attested by the 15 million worldwide that have visited the exhibitions. It is exhibited in Australia under The Amazing Human Body.

See also article on Body Worlds: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Worlds

See also The Anatomist's website with Dr. Gunther von Hagens