TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - The depiction of major disasters in emergency department-associated medical television shows JO - American journal of emergency medicine A1 - Gergenti, Liza A1 - Caiado, Adrienne A1 - Lacek, Lynnette A1 - Olympia, Robert P. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - Highlights • Medical television shows may over-exaggerate disaster scenarios. • Six ED-associated medical television shows were selected for analysis. • The most common disaster type depicted was external, man-made disasters. • Average mortality rate was 13.6% for all victims and 15.4% for depicted patients. • The weighted mortality rate of 10 major U.S. disasters 2014-2018 was 0.14%.

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LA - en SN - 0735-6757 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.064 ID - ref1 ER -