Defibrillation with manual defibrillators in the health care setting and automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public areas can decrease mortality from cardiac arrest. Public knowledge of how to use AEDs is limited and prior work has demonstrated that the public has concerns about using AEDs. Communicating accurate messages about defibrillation could improve bystander response and save lives.
Movies impact viewers’ perspectives and behaviors, and with an annual global box office of more than $32 billion, have significant reach worldwide. This entertainment medium also represents an opportunity for educating the public about defibrillation.
In this study, we sought to (1) characterize defibrillation and cardiac arrest survival outcomes in movies, (2) compare resuscitation actions performed in movies with actions outlined for the public to follow in the chain of survival and targeted by the American Heart Association (AHA) Emergency Cardiovascular Care (ECC) 2020 Impact Goals, and (3) compare cardiac arrest survival outcomes in movies with survival rates reported in the literature and targeted by the AHA ECC 2020 Impact Goals.
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