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. 1998 Sep 19;317(7161):780–783. doi: 10.1136/bmj.317.7161.780

Table 1.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in British television medical dramas

Programme No of episodes No of arrests
No (%) of resuscitation attempts
No (%) of survivors
Cardiac arrests Respiratory arrests Cardiac arrests Respiratory arrests Cardiac arrests Respiratory arrests
Casualty 26 18 2 11 (61) 2 1 (9)  2
Cardiac Arrest 27 29 0 16 (55) 0 5 (31) 0
Medics 11 5 1   5 (100) 1 2 (40) 1
Total 64 52 3 32 (62) 3 8 (25) 3