New research highlights the disparities between TV depictions of CPR and real-world data regarding the method, age and ...
You’ve seen what a cardiac arrest looks like on television - the patient limp and pale, the alert lifesaver pounding their ...
Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...
A new study from the University of Pittsburgh found that only 30 percent of TV episodes show correct CPR methods used outside ...
"Breathe, please just breathe! It's not your time yet, Marjorie! I can't lose you like this, not here, not now!" Such hinge ...
CPR on TV is often inaccurate — but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives
Lastly, we found that almost 65% of the people receiving hands-only CPR and 73% of rescuers performing CPR were white and ...
Many TV depictions of CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest not only made errors in correct technique but may skew public ...
Checking for a pulse and giving rescue breaths are just some of the ways TV inaccurately depicts CPR for sudden cardiac ...
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TV shows are promoting the wrong idea when it comes to performing CPR
When someone collapses from cardiac arrest, the next few seconds are absolutely crucial. But for millions of people, the instinct of what to do in that terrifying moment doesn’t come from a certified ...
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