February 2, 2009
Watching TV gives first aid clues
Watching TV shows like Casualty and ER makes people confident enough to try and resuscitate people in real life, a survey has suggested, reports the BBC. The poll of just under 2,000 people found one in five would try.
Not everyone agrees it's a good idea.
An article in TV Squad last August, reported that a doctor's group in Italy was so upset by the inaccuracies in American medical shows such as Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy, ER and House, that want Italian broadcasters to refrain from airing these shows at all, lest they prompt people to take medicine into their own hands.
Related:
-- Medical Dramas a source of health information for audiences
-- Medical TV 'feeds health fears'
-- Study: ‘ER’ Episodes Influence Viewers Health Knowledge
-- Scrubs, Grey's Anatomy may be banned in Italy
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