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 University of Pittsburgh researchers find TV shows often portray outdated CPR, risking confusion during real cardiac arrests.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You’ve seen what a cardiac arrest looks like on television - the patient limp and pale, the alert lifesaver pounding their chest, ...
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 But the CPR on these shows often depicts outdated practices and ...
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 Dramas frequently show "outdated" CPR techniques - potentially fueling misconceptions that could delay ...
When cardiac arrest occurs, every second counts—but, according to a new study out of the University of Pittsburgh, the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques shown on television are misleading ...
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 ...
(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 ...