Editing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (section)

===Portrayed effectiveness===
CPR is often severely misrepresented in movies and television as being highly effective in resuscitating a person who is not breathing and has no circulation.<ref name="nejmcpr" />

A 1996 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that CPR success rates in television shows were 75% for immediate circulation, and 67% survival to discharge.<ref name="nejmcpr">{{cite journal | vauthors = Diem SJ, Lantos JD, Tulsky JA | title = Cardiopulmonary resuscitation on television. Miracles and misinformation | journal = The New England Journal of Medicine | volume = 334 | issue = 24 | pages = 1578–1582 | date = June 1996 | pmid = 8628340 | doi = 10.1056/NEJM199606133342406 | doi-access = free }}</ref> This gives the general public an unrealistic expectation of a successful outcome.<ref name="nejmcpr" /> When educated on the actual survival rates, the proportion of patients over 60 years of age desiring CPR should they have a cardiac arrest drops from 41% to 22%.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Jones GK, Brewer KL, Garrison HG | title = Public expectations of survival following cardiopulmonary resuscitation | journal = Academic Emergency Medicine | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 48–53 | date = January 2000 | pmid = 10894242 | doi = 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb01891.x | doi-access = free }}</ref>