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* While it's technically something of an inversion, ''[[Million Dollar Baby]]'' manages to medically botch {{spoiler|an assisted suicide. After a brutal boxing match leaves the protagonist paralyzed and lands her in a care home where things go from bad to worse, she asks her mentor to help her end her life. He does so by removing her ventilator and giving her a lethal dose of adrenaline. In [[Real Life]], not only would this be completely unnecessary (medical professionals must comply with a conscious and competent patient's request to be taken off life support), but death by adrenaline overdose is a fairly awful way to go.}}
* In the ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' parody ''The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It'' featuring [[John Cleese]], Watson pulls out a dagger from a still-living human, is told that it will cause bleeding, then puts back the dagger... killing the poor guy.
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'''Watson:''' God lord, Holmes, how on Earth could you tell that?
'''Sherlock:''' I was watching you from the doorway, and frankly I couldn't believe my eyes. }}
* ''[[The Ruins]]''... oh, good lord, ''The Ruins'': first, they accidentally drop a guy a couple of stories, discover that he can't move or even feel his legs, and -- even though they speculate that he may have a broken back and argue that it is a bad idea -- proceed to ''pick him up'' between them and move him (horrific ''crunch'' noises included). Then they decide to {{spoiler|amputate his infected legs}} by {{spoiler|breaking his bones with a rock and cauterizing the stumps with a ''frying pan''.}} ''[[Squick|All.]] [[Nausea Fuel|On. Screen.]]''
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* In ''Assault on Precinct 13'' the opening sequence with the drug bust has a cop performing CPR on his partner. He does it right but it doesn't help. Why? Because it's a [[You Fail Biology Forever|gunshot wound]].
* Subverted in ''[[Jurassic Park]]''. Game warden Muldoon and paleobotanist Ellie Sattler find [[Deadpan Snarker|Ian Malcolm]] delirious, moaning, and with a broken leg, having barely survived a ''T. rex'' attack. They want to take him back with them for treatment, but consider the possibility that he has internal injuries they can't see.
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''(T. rex roars somewhere in the vicinity)''
'''Malcolm:''' (sits up) ''Please'', chance it. }}
** In the original literature, Malcolm is nowhere near as lucid, and Muldoon and Gennaro make the decision of moving him themselves (thankfully, there's no immediate threat to put the pressure on them). However, his injuries are severe enough, and he goes without proper treatment so long, that he dies from them near the end of the book. At least, [[Unexplained Recovery|until the sequel]].
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* Parodied in ''[[Dave Barry]]'s Only Travel Guide You'll Ever Need'', which advises, in case of snakebite, to put a tourniquet on the ''snake''.
* Bernard Cornwell's ''Starbuck Chronicles'' (also known by the alternative title ''[[Took a Level In Badass]]: The Book Series'') set in the American Civil War features a doctor reviving a man by pouring ''caustic iodine on his balls''.
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** [[Truth in Television]], unfortunately - Civil War doctors really did use this to try and bring people out of unconsciousness and even comas. In some cases it was felt that a declining heartbeat could be increased by doing this too.
* Averted in Matthew Arnold's epic poem ''Sohrab and Rustum''. When Sohrab is fatally wounded by {{spoiler|his father}} Rustum, he deliberately leaves the impaling spear where it is while he and Rustum have a last heart-to-heart, and only after the conversation is over does Sohrab pull out the spear in order to die as quickly and painlessly as possible.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* One ''[[Unknown Armies]]'' sample campaign features the player characters coming up to a three-car pileup of twisted metal, and the sheriff on the scene informing the players that they ''[[But Thou Must!|must]]'' try to get the crash victims out of the vehicles before the [[Every Car Is a Pinto|sparking electrical systems and spilled gasoline mix]]. Characters with any medical skill or a high mind stat are told that doing so is incredibly dangerous when a cell phone exists (not that the [[Myth Busters]] [[wikipedia:MythBusters
* In ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'', it's possible to accidentally injure or even kill your patient if you try to heal someone and screw up the skill check badly enough.
* In ''[[Feng Shui]]'', the weird arcanotech 'slap patches' from the 2056 juncture have a very good chance of harming an injured character further, rather than healing them. Some players have been known to use them as weapons.
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== Web Animation ==
* Played with in ''[[Red vs. Blue]]'' after Sarge gets shot in the head. Due to the limits of the physics engine, the creators took the limited actions the characters could to and had them [[Played for Laughs]].
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'''Simmons:''' Sir! You got shot in the head, so we gave you CPR and saved you, sir!
'''Sarge:''' I've always believed in you, Simmons.
'''Simmons:''' Uh...actually, it's Grif you should thank, sir. He did all the work.
'''Sarge:''' Grif?
'''Simmons:''' Yes, sir.
'''Sarge:''' [[Chew Toy|Grif]] -- [[Hypocritical Humor|why in hell would you give somebody CPR for a]] ''bullet wound in the head?'' That doesn't make a lick of sense!<br />
'''Grif:''' ''(sigh)'' You're welcome, sir.<br />
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