Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on television: are we miseducating the public?

Abstract

background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates in the UK are poor, and non-medically trained individuals have been identified to perform substandard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Millions watch televised medical dramas and, for many, these comprise their only education on CPR. This study aims to investigate the quality of CPR portrayed on these programmes and whether this has an effect on public knowledge. Methods Prospective observational study of 30 consecutive episodes of three popular medical dramas. Public knowledge of CPR and viewing habits were assessed with a survey of non-medically trained personnel. results 90 episodes were reviewed with 39 resuscitation attempts shown. Chest compression rates varied from 60 to 204 compressions per minute with a median of 122 (95% CI 113 to 132).

The power of media as educational weapon in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or a fictional vision without reality

“…Oni koji su češće gledali serije imali su lošije rezultate od onih koji su serije gledali povremeno. 10 Gotovo sličan obuhvat serija analizira Harris i sar. Pored Gray's anatomy, Casualty i Holbi city, autor u istraživanje uključuje i popularnu seriju ER.…”

“…19 Diskusija Najčešće analizirana serija prema dostupnoj literaturi je Gray's anatomy. 10,11,12 Collwil u svom radu navodi da je medijana frekvencije primenjenih kompresija grudnog koša u seriji 97/ minut (60-156) a medijana dubine 2cm (1,5-4,5cm 20 U seriji je uspešnost primenjenih mera resuscitacije i preživljavanje i do 3 puta veća nego što je u realnom životu, a parametri dubine i frekvencije nisu u skladu sa važećim protokolima. Na ovaj način auditorijum stiče pogrešan utisak kako toga primenjenih mera KPR, tako i procentualno visokog pozitivnog ishoda.…”

“…24 Analiza epidemioloških podataka o toku i primenjenim merama resuscitacije koje se primenjuju u medicinskim serijama, autori dolaze do zaključka da se u procentu od 30% do 64% mere kardiopulmonalne resuscitacije ne primenjuju u skladu sa važećim protokolima. 10,15,16,17,19 Prema istraživanju EuReCa _ONE i programom EuReCa _Srbija, ustanovljeno je da se srčani zastoj češće dešava kod osoba muškog pola 2,3,5,25,26,27 kao što je ustanovljeno istraživanjima koja su sprovedena u televizijskim serijama. Procentualna zastupljenost osoba muškog pola u medicinskim dramama se kreće od 51% do 81% 10,11,12,13,16,17,18,19 dok je prema podacima iz literature za Srbiju zastupljenost muškog pola od 61,7% do 70,5%.…”

Exploring patients’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences of patient‐witnessed resuscitation: A qualitative study protocol

“…Although depicting CPR on television may initially have helped the public familiarizing with the fact that such events may occur in hospital (Grice, Picton, & Deakin, ; Hadfield‐Law, ), recent studies showed that the portrayal of CPR on television is still far from reality. Considering that the public is significantly influenced by medical TV series, this may link to falsely high expectations of short and long‐term success of CPR, to misinformed public CPR knowledge and may influence care decisions (Alismail, Meyer, Almutairi, & Daher, ; Colwill et al., ; Harris & Willoughby, ; Portanova, Irvine, Yi, & Enguidanos, ). Nonetheless, as reminded by Köberich (), our view on those affected by witnessing resuscitation is still narrow.…”

Drama of medical dramas

“…We have read with great interest the paper by Colwill et al 1 about cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on television. In their study, they meant to identify how well popular medical dramas depicted CPR.…”