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

While it’s probably common knowledge not to take medical information from television, a majority of shows keep getting one ...

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 But the CPR on these shows often depicts outdated practices and ...

Television characters are more likely to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) than people in real life.

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

TV shows portray CPR incorrectly in most episodes, spreading outdated methods that discourage lifesaving action.

TV shows often "inaccurately portray" who is most likely to need CPR and where out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen.

(Seattle, Washington) November 20, 2009—Emergency medical service (EMS) providers in the United States assess an estimated 350,000 cardiac arrests each year. Only 5 to 10 percent of people who have ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZOLL® Medical Corporation, an Asahi Kasei Group Company that manufactures medical devices and related software solutions, announced today that the ZOLL AED 3® ...

You have a better chance than ever of surviving cardiac arrest in King County, thanks to a new resuscitation procedure now practiced by all medics here. The survival rate has increased to 46 percent ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass. & KAUFERING, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZOLL Medical Corporation and GS Elektromedizinische Geraete G. Stemple GmbH, marketing defibrillators under the corpuls brand, announced today ...

ZOLL Medical Corporation and GS Elektromedizinische Geraete G. Stemple GmbH, marketing defibrillators under the corpuls brand, announced today that they have concluded a licensing agreement allowing ...