Bad Medicine: 5 Common Medical Myths Movies Always Get Wrong

3. Comas

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When movies show people in comas, they sleep peacefully as their loved ones stand over them. In real life, if you're comatose, you are one sick puppy. There's a way to quantify how comatose you are called the Glasgow Coma Scale, and if you reach an 8 or below, you've probably bought yourself an intubation and the use of a breathing machine to protect you from dying. A loud machine which constantly beeps, in addition to the multiple IVs in arms, groin and the neck. And there's almost never a hot young Sandra Bullock standing over you.
 
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