People put off giving CPR by unrealistic TV depictions, researchers say

Most dramas show characters searching for pulse and giving breaths but experts say chest compressions on their own can save lives ...

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 ...

TV CPR Inaccurate, But Inspires Real-Life Rescues

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 ...
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New Albany ambulances add life-saving machine that can perform chest compressions

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Ambulances in New Albany now have new equipment to help save live. AmeriPro EMS demonstrated its new LUCAS machine on Friday. It gives mechanical chest compressions to ...
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Cardiac arrest in space: New research shows that automatic chest compressions are more effective for CPR when both rescuer and patient are floating in microgravity

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...