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 ...
More than 800 Grand Rapids Public Schools students will learn hands-only CPR this year with the help of new kits provided by ...
Did you know immediate CPR during a cardiac arrest episode can double -- or even triple -- your chances of survival? According to a study released by the Resuscitation Science Symposium, men are more ...
Lastly, we found that almost 65% of the people receiving hands-only CPR and 73% of rescuers performing CPR were white and ...
Scripted television often shows CPR performed incorrectly. This can affect how the public responds to emergency situations, ...
Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...
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TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.
Every year, more than 350,000 instances of cardiac arrest occur outside U.S. hospitals, according to the American Heart Association. These medical emergencies can occur anywhere from private homes and ...
Checking for a pulse and giving rescue breaths are just some of the ways TV inaccurately depicts CPR for sudden cardiac ...
Two minutes into cardiac arrest—when the heart stops pumping and blood ceases to flow to the body's organs—brain cells begin ...