My biggest gripe is that they just do it for dramatic effect - when it really could be shown correctly, and millions of people would subconsciously know how to do it right.
The hand placement is usually off - too high or too low. They don't show realistic rates of compressions, and they don't show realistic depth of chest compression (although I understand they wouldn't be able to do that to an actor). Also, the number of compressions in a set is usually wrong, and they spend waaay too much time dicking around, fumbling with the breaths, beating on the chest (silly) and then after all that drama, only to give up and say 'fuck it' after 30 seconds.
My biggest gripe is that they just do it for dramatic effect - when it really could be shown correctly, and millions of people would subconsciously know how to do it right.
The hand placement is usually off - too high or too low. They don't show realistic rates of compressions, and they don't show realistic depth of chest compression (although I understand they wouldn't be able to do that to an actor). Also, the number of compressions in a set is usually wrong, and they spend waaay too much time dicking around, fumbling with the breaths, beating on the chest (silly) and then after all that drama, only to give up and say 'fuck it' after 30 seconds.