Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a vital skill anyone can perform. It is administered to an unconscious person who is not breathing normally.
Two minutes into cardiac arrest—when the heart stops pumping and blood ceases to flow to the body's organs—brain cells begin ...
HealthDay News — TV characters are more likely to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) than people in real life, according to a research letter published online January 12 in Circulation: ...
TV shows can be misleading when it comes to educating viewers on hands-only CPR, along with who experiences cardiac arrest ...
Few scripted TV programs demonstrate the proper way bystander CPR is meant to be performed, researchers reported Jan. 12 in ...
TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.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.
TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform ...
Checking for a pulse and giving rescue breaths are just some of the ways TV inaccurately depicts CPR for sudden cardiac ...
NEW DELHI: Nearly 50 per cent of people in high-income countries have undergone CPR training. But in India, the bystander Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) rate remains alarmingly low, ranging only ...