By Tarun Sai Lomte Reviewed by Lauren Hardaker Jan 15 2026 New findings indicate television CPR scenes frequently mislead viewers about who needs CPR , where cardiac arrests occur, and how CPR should be performed. Study: Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Compression-Only CPR on Scripted Television . Image credit: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock.com In a recent research letter published in Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes , researchers analyzed depictions of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (