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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