Elsevier Jul 30 2025 Despite widespread public health efforts, the dangerous myth of "prevention of tongue swallowing" continues to persist during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). New research in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology , published by Elsevier, exposes the mainstream and social media's detrimental role in perpetuating this misconception, which often leads to critical delays in proper CPR for collapsed athletes. Concern about "tongue swallowing" leads resuscitators to waste