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 ...

American TV episodes continued to depict bystander CPR with pulse checks and breaths given alongside compression, a study found. This despite hands-only CPR being the official method endorsed by the ...

TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform ...

Many TV depictions of CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest not only made errors in correct technique but may skew public ...

Television characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real ...

TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.

“Hands-Only CPR is a simple two-step process — call 911 if you see a teen or adult suddenly collapse and then push hard and ...

Checking for a pulse and giving rescue breaths are just some of the ways TV inaccurately depicts CPR for sudden cardiac ...

Fictional depictions of CPR are often "misleading" - and could cost lives, warns new research. Dramas frequently show "outdated" CPR techniques - potentially fueling misconceptions that could delay ...