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 ...
Every year, more than 350,000 people go into cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting in the United States. CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, can help double or triple survival rates. In this ...
TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform ...
“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 ...
Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...
Many TV depictions of CPR for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest not only made errors in correct technique but may skew public ...
TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.
Lastly, we found that almost 65% of the people receiving hands-only CPR and 73% of rescuers performing CPR were white and ...