Comments on: CPR on Grey’s Anatomy http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html medical blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:15:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html/comment-page-1#comment-72276 Anonymous Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:07:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html#comment-72276 I am one of the physicians who helps develop the CPR guidelines and teaching materials for the American Heart Association (AHA), and I am glad that folks are concerned about how CPR is depicted in the media — so am I. I know its “just a TV show”, but a lot of folks get important impressions from TV… we are trying to collect examples of bad CPR on TV to discuss at the AHA, if any of you can point us to specific TV shows/episodes, we’d be grateful (and you’d possibly be doing the world of CPR teaching a service!)<br/><br/>Email any tips or clips to resuscit@resuscitationatpenn.com<br/><br/>thanks! I am one of the physicians who helps develop the CPR guidelines and teaching materials for the American Heart Association (AHA), and I am glad that folks are concerned about how CPR is depicted in the media — so am I. I know its “just a TV show”, but a lot of folks get important impressions from TV… we are trying to collect examples of bad CPR on TV to discuss at the AHA, if any of you can point us to specific TV shows/episodes, we’d be grateful (and you’d possibly be doing the world of CPR teaching a service!)

Email any tips or clips to resuscit@resuscitationatpenn.com

thanks!

]]> By: Geordon http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html/comment-page-1#comment-72065 Geordon Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:43:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html#comment-72065 <i>The part that bugs me the most is that the whole disaster scene is covered in Red Cross supplies and they still don't bother to get CPR correct! </i><br/><br/>Correct? I was irritated that they didn't get it even <b>close</b> to correct! However, if you consider that it's not CPR, but rather TVR... It's almost palatable. <br/><br/>Almost. The part that bugs me the most is that the whole disaster scene is covered in Red Cross supplies and they still don’t bother to get CPR correct!

Correct? I was irritated that they didn’t get it even close to correct! However, if you consider that it’s not CPR, but rather TVR… It’s almost palatable.

Almost.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html/comment-page-1#comment-71971 Kristen Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:58:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html#comment-71971 The rate and number of compressions are vital to get good results from CPR...lots of research to that end. The part that bugs me the most is that the whole disaster scene is covered in Red Cross supplies and they still don't bother to get CPR correct! The rate and number of compressions are vital to get good results from CPR…lots of research to that end. The part that bugs me the most is that the whole disaster scene is covered in Red Cross supplies and they still don’t bother to get CPR correct!

]]> By: Graham http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html/comment-page-1#comment-71841 Graham Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:18:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html#comment-71841 I don't know--they were doing a lot of rapid cutting back and forth between cameras, I mean, they could have at least said "27, 28, 29, 30," instead of "3, 4, 5." <br/><br/>Simple stuff to do. I don’t know–they were doing a lot of rapid cutting back and forth between cameras, I mean, they could have at least said “27, 28, 29, 30,” instead of “3, 4, 5.”

Simple stuff to do.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html/comment-page-1#comment-71840 Anonymous Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html#comment-71840 Any CPR is better than none, but with the success rate at 5-10%, it'd be nice to perform it as effectively as possible to try to wedge your way into that small margin. Any CPR is better than none, but with the success rate at 5-10%, it’d be nice to perform it as effectively as possible to try to wedge your way into that small margin.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html/comment-page-1#comment-71838 Anonymous Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html#comment-71838 Does it really matter if CPR is done exactly as recommended? I can understand why there would be a standardized method so it could be taught more easily, but if you do 20 compressions instead of thirty or some other similar variant, will it really make any difference? Does it really matter if CPR is done exactly as recommended? I can understand why there would be a standardized method so it could be taught more easily, but if you do 20 compressions instead of thirty or some other similar variant, will it really make any difference?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html/comment-page-1#comment-71835 Anonymous Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/02/cpr-on-greys-anatomy.html#comment-71835 The timeline wasn't explicitly stated, but to be underwater so long that you turn bluish green, the oxygen deprivation following would almost certainly kill or severely brain damage the person, right? The timeline wasn’t explicitly stated, but to be underwater so long that you turn bluish green, the oxygen deprivation following would almost certainly kill or severely brain damage the person, right?

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