Movie Medicine

Episode 6: Flatliners part 2

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Today I check myself before I wreck myself and talk about something I missed back in episode 3 when I talked about CPR and defibrillation myths in movies using the film Flatliners.

References

Nehme, Z., Andrew, E., Bernard, S. A., & Smith, K. (2013). Treatment of monitored out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia utilising the precordial thump. Resuscitation, 84(12), 1691-1696. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2013.08.011

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    Movie MedicineBy Erin Glaser