CPR on TV is often inaccurate — but watching characters jump to the rescue can still save real lives

Lastly, we found that almost 65% of the people receiving hands-only CPR and 73% of rescuers performing CPR were white and ...
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TV depictions of Hands-Only CPR are often misleading

While an analysis of scripted TV programs mischaracterizes who is likely to need CPR and where, TV characters were more ...

Here’s What TV Gets Wrong About CPR—And It Could Cost Lives

Think you know how to perform CPR properly because you've seen it on TV? You probably don't, a new study has warned.

Hands-only CPR: how TV gets it wrong

Analysis of more than 160 TV episodes shows inaccurate portrayals of who is most likely to need CPR and where out-of-hospital ...