You’ve seen what a cardiac arrest looks like on television - the patient limp and pale, the alert lifesaver pounding their ...

TV varies dramatically in informing viewers about medical emergencies, but it also teaches audiences how not to perform ...

Physicians have said the HBO Max drama "The Pitt" offers one of the most accurate depictions of medicine on television.

When someone collapses from cardiac arrest, the next few seconds are absolutely crucial. But for millions of people, the instinct of what to do in that terrifying moment doesn’t come from a certified ...

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

New findings indicate television CPR scenes frequently mislead viewers about who needs CPR, where cardiac arrests occur, and how CPR should be performed. Study: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and ...

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