Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Pittsburgh researchers find TV shows often portray outdated CPR, risking confusion during real cardiac arrests.
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 Dramas frequently show "outdated" CPR techniques - potentially fueling misconceptions that could delay ...
Television characters who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital are more likely to receive CPR than people in real life. But the CPR on these shows often depicts outdated practices and ...
And in the shows studied, 80% of CPR recipients were in public and 20% were at home, but in actuality, 80% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home. The analysis found less than three out of ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Beth Hoffman, University of Pittsburgh (THE CONVERSATION) Television characters who ...