Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Medical students use faulty procedure because of TV show ER

"When physicians at an Alberta hospital asked why so many medical students and residents were using a faulty technique for inserting life-saving breathing tubes in patients, they received an unexpected answer: It's television's fault.

Many of the doctors in training said they had learned the procedure from watching medical dramas. And a subsequent analysis of the show ER revealed its fictional MDs and nurses performed intubations incorrectly almost every time."

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1420155

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