You’ve seen what a cardiac arrest looks like on television - the patient limp and pale, the alert lifesaver pounding their ...
TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform ...
New research highlights the disparities between TV depictions of CPR and real-world data regarding the method, age and ...
Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...
Lastly, we found that almost 65% of the people receiving hands-only CPR and 73% of rescuers performing CPR were white and ...
Checking for a pulse and giving rescue breaths are just some of the ways TV inaccurately depicts CPR for sudden cardiac ...
TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.
When a patient is admitted to the hospital in the U.S., there’s a standard question physicians like me are supposed to ask: “If your heart stops beating, do you want us to do CPR?” On the surface, ...
A sophomore from Palisade plans to publish a book she wrote and hand-illustrated for elementary-aged children about CPR, as part of an academically required community service project.
The Womanikin was created by a female doctor and female-led ad agency. Most cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) mannequins, on which people learn how to do CPR, are missing one feature important to a ...