False memories: Healthcare Professionals' claims of having seen a patient returning to normal activity after CPR
Foundation Surgical Hospital, 7501 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77054, USA
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Proportion of participants who claimed they have observed a resuscitated patient return to normal daily activities in relation to the number of resuscitations they have participated in.
Most studies show that less than one fifth of people who undergo cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are discharged from hospital and many survivors suffer some degree of functional and/or cognitive impairment
[1,2]
. Patients undergoing CPR in television (TV) series differ significantly from real-life cases, in terms of pre-event variables which may affect the likelihood of success. For example, many of them are younger and have unlikely causes of arrest
[3,4]
. Regardless of pre-event and event variables, both television and the press depict unrealistically good outcomes from CPR
[5,6]
.
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