What about Bob? is a movie from the early 1990s featuring Richard Dreyfuss as Dr. Leo Marvin and Bill Murray as Bob Wiley.
While the scene that I have selected isn’t technically CPR, it is the Heimlich Maneuver. A particularly painful Heimlich Maneuver. If you’ve never seen this classic film of modern cinema, here is a description of the film that will help to understand the relationship between the characters.
Lost is one of the most popular tv series of all time, so you might have seen this classic moment in the show that is a dichotomy of emotional baggage and rescue as Jack makes an attempt to rescue Charlie. Jack also has a big problem with being able to let go, making this scene both emotional and powerful.
When Jack and Kate find Charlie hanging in the jungle, they cut him down and Jack goes to work checking for a pulse and listening for breathing. When he doesn’t find either, he gives two rescue breaths and proceeds to compressions. And when continuous compressions and rescue breaths don’t appear to be working, Jack gets frustrated and doesn’t give up. He balls up his fist and begins really pounding Charlie’s chest.
CPR has been on screen countless times, but sometimes more memorable than others. One of the most memorable is the one in The Sandlot. Set in 1962, it is about a boy who is new to the neighborhood that makes friends with the kids at a local lot where they play baseball every day. It’s a modern classic, and if you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it. It’s a very fun movie that takes you back in time and is entertaining for the whole family.
The scene featuring CPR is one that has become classic, and is one that isn’t really a life and death situation. The boys go to a pool whenever it gets too hot for baseball, where there is also a lifeguard that they all go to see. This time, however, Squints can’t take it anymore, and decides to carry out a plan he’s had for years. He can’t swim, and they all know it. He heads for the deep-end and goes off the diving board. To the rescue is the lifeguard, Wendy, and the CPR starts.
We’re going to start a series of entries on CPR as it happens in movies and television shows. It happens pretty regularly, and not always correctly. In fact, it happens incorrectly more often than not.
We’re going to look at one scene per movie or television series for each entry. We’ll be looking at classic scenes from films like The Sandlot and television series such as Lost and Scrubs. If you have suggestions as to other movies and TV shows to look at for an entry, do let us know!
Let’s have fun with this series. We’ll try to get clips whenever it is possible, but if not, then we’ll grab some screen captures from the scenes.
After the Super Bowl, an episode of The Office aired, where they had CPR training for a scene. It was really incredible, and featured proper CPR instruction at times. The CPR class include using the BeeGee’s Stayin’ Alive to use the beat to match the proper rhythm of 100 beats per minute.
The episode was titled “Stress Relief” and you can watch the CPR portion here.
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