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Incidental drive-by nitpicking
Not trying to pick on anyone specific here, but I have seen, on at least two different blogs lately, the statement that they don't show women being given CPR on TV because you'd have to take off her shirt and bra.
And, uh ... I think people are mixing that up with defibrillators. I'm pretty sure it's a fact that they rarely show women having heart attacks on TV because they can't do the "CLEAR!" thing without taking their shirts off. (Not that they can't get around it with clever camera angles and/or objects in the way, and some medical shows do, but it's not that common, I don't think.)
But nothing about CPR requires taking the shirt off. Not that TV is known for its accurate medical depictions, but all things being equal, they don't take off men's shirts when they're getting TV!CPR, either. And I remember several different TV shows with scenes of women receiving chest compressions (Stargate and Lost, among others).
Sorry, this is just a random point of nitpick that bugged me. Carry on.
And, uh ... I think people are mixing that up with defibrillators. I'm pretty sure it's a fact that they rarely show women having heart attacks on TV because they can't do the "CLEAR!" thing without taking their shirts off. (Not that they can't get around it with clever camera angles and/or objects in the way, and some medical shows do, but it's not that common, I don't think.)
But nothing about CPR requires taking the shirt off. Not that TV is known for its accurate medical depictions, but all things being equal, they don't take off men's shirts when they're getting TV!CPR, either. And I remember several different TV shows with scenes of women receiving chest compressions (Stargate and Lost, among others).
Sorry, this is just a random point of nitpick that bugged me. Carry on.
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