India, Jan. 20 -- Washington (dpa) - "Breathe, please just breathe! It's not your time yet, Marjorie! I can'tlose you like this, not here, not now!" Such hinge moments in films and soap operas can be overwrought, but more worryingly, when TV heroes administer life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), they are probably doing so all wrong and setting a bad example for real-life lifesavers. Or at least they're using "outdated" methods, according to University of Pittsburgh medics, who worry that TV depictions of CPR could lead people astray should they need to give CPR in a life-or-death situation. TV viewers are still given the impression they should do pulse checks and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, despite the American Heart Associati...
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