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From: jutz@pogo.UUCP (Curt Jutzi)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: CPR as portrayed on TV.
Message-ID: <2379@pogo.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Feb-86 12:39:37 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 20 12:39:37 1986
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In article <122@ascvax.UUCP> jan@ascvax.UUCP (Jan Woellhaf) writes:
>I've had several hundred hours training in emergency medicine, including both
>Red Cross and Heart Association CPR instruction.  I've observed that the CPR
>simulated on TV shows like "St. Elsewhere" is almost never done correctly.
>Even genuine CPR shown on news programs is often being done incorrectly.  A
>person whose only exposure to CPR is watching these scenes is almost certain
>to learn incorrect technique.
>
>    Jan Woellhaf, EMT, Firefighter
>    Wheat Ridge Fire Department

  You can't really expect them to perform CPR on an actor who has 
  not gone into arrest.  It's hard to make it look real without acturaly
  performing CPR.

		Curt Jutz
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