Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...

"Breathe, please just breathe! It's not your time yet, Marjorie! I can't lose you like this, not here, not now!" Such hinge ...

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

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 ...

TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.

TV shows often "inaccurately portray" who is most likely to need CPR and where out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen.

Television characters are more likely to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) than people in real life.

Hands-Only CPR on a mannequin. (American Heart Association via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Fictional depictions of CPR are often "misleading" - and could cost lives, warns new research. Dramas frequently ...