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** When the example from ''Film/PodPeople'' appeared, with the one character falling off a cliff, being picked up by the legs and shoulders, and then half a bottle of whiskey being poured down her throat, the bots accompanied it by crunching noises and riffs like, "Quick! Move her spine around a lot!"

* In the manga version of ''Literature/CirqueDuFreak'', a woman gets her arm torn off by a wolfman and in an instant, it gets reattached despite the amount of blood she just lost.

* In ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners'' the flashback scene after Shiki is hit by a car and visibly thrown several feet in the air shows her on a stretcher being taken from the ambulance to the hospital without any sort of backboard under her or collar/padding to restrain her head, which visibly moves as they're wheeling her in. The accident alone was bad enough since the scenario ''heavily'' suggests spinal injury, and she's lucky she wasn't permanently paralyzed because of additional trauma from not having her cervical spine stabilized. What's even worse is that the accident had a witness who went with them and presumably told them what happened, but even if they didn't have a witness medical personnel are ''always'' supposed to assume potential spinal/neck injury until it can be definitively ruled out, and neglecting to use a backboard/spine collar on someone in a scenario like that is an automatic fail on most certification exams for emergency medical workers. What makes this even stranger is that the stretcher clearly has places to attach head restraints on it that aren't used, and [[{{Creator/Ufotable}} the animation studio]] who made the film is usually fairly spot on with these things.

* In the live-action film version of ''Film/InspectorGadget'', an early trailer shows him going into arrest during the transformation surgery. How does the doctor revive him? He slaps him! The scene didn't make the final film; although obviously meant to be PlayedForLaughs, Disney probably considered it a bit too much for the intended audience.

* In ''WebVideo/MadBecauseSmall'', a RunningGag in the series is someone asking for some Tums whenever they're ImpaledWithExtremePredjudice. Alphinaud points out in one instance that it doesn't work like that. Another portion has the main character, "Baby", ask for 10ccs of "Tetracortolmethodone" when Y'shtola is struck down by Zenos; the very next scene has "Baby" ask what they meant when they said they were taking her medical license.

* After the arguably [[{{Narm}} narmy]] and AxCrazy Craig Toomey of Stephen King's ''Film/TheLangoliers'' stabs [[spoiler:[[CreepyChild Dinah]]]] in the chest and firmly crosses the DespairEventHorizon ([[MoralEventHorizon along with other ones]]), one of the passengers on the plane says that he has experience with this kind of thing. What does he decide to do? Pull the knife out. Yep. You've gotta wonder who is responsible for the CriticalResearchFailure — the writers of the film, or [[DanBrowned the guy who clearly didn't pay attention to the sources he used]], assuming they were at all credible. In any case, it turns out to be the worst aid of all because [[spoiler:Dinah dies]] right after a lengthy conversation with Laurel about how while she never had the operation that would have given her sight, she got what she wanted because she [[SeeingThroughAnothersEyes saw through]] [[AxCrazy Mister Toomey's]] [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness eyes.]] She adds that even dead things were beautiful.

* ''Series/SweetHome'': A self-inflicted version; Sang-wook "bandages" a wound with ''duct tape''. In real life, this is a ''terrible'' idea. Setting aside the fact the tape is covered with god alone knows how many germs, removing it would just tear the wound open again.

* Slapping the back of a choking person while they are upright; gravity may cause the object to slip further down the windpipe. While this was standard practice before the Heimlich maneuver, there’s a reason it eventually fell out of favor.
** That reason being Henry Heimlich’s relentless self promotion, not any scientific evidence. The American Red Cross and a number of organization recommend back blows and abdominal thrusts for choking rescue.

* Averting this is actually a plot point in the first case of ''[[VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve]]''. Susato (disguised as the lawyer "Ryutaro" in order to defend her friend) suggests that the defendant, who has been accused of stabbing the victim, might have been removing the knife from the victim in a photo. As the defendant is a medical student, it is pointed out that she would never be stupid enough to do that as it would simply cause more danger to the victim. However, it turns out she actually ''was'' trying to remove the knife because she thought there was an extremely deadly poison (it wasn't and she had ingested the poison beforehand) on it and was willing to risk the victim bleeding out, potentially leaving enough time for professionals to arrive, rather than letting her immediately die from poison.

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'':

* In the manga version of ''Literature/CirqueDuFreak'', a woman gets her arm teared off by a wolfman and in a instant, it gets reattached despite the amount of blood she just lost.

* In ''Film/JacobsLadder'', Jacob is given an ice bath when he has a high fever. Cold baths do more harm than good for fevers.

* Averting this is actually a plot point in the first case of ''[[VisualNovel/TheGreatAceAttorney The Great Ace Attorney Resolve]]''. Susato (disguised as the lawyer "Ryutaro" in order to defend her friend) suggests that the defendant, who has been accused of stabbing the victim, might have been removing the knife from the victim in a photo. As the defendant is a medical student, it is pointed out that she would never be stupid enough to do that as it would simply cause more danger to the victim. However, it turns out she actually ''was'' trying to remove the knife because she thought there was an extremely deadly poison (it wasn't and she had ingested the poison beforehand) on it and was willing to risk the victim bleeding out, potentially leaving enough time for professionals to arrive, rather than letting her immediately die from poison.

* ''VideoGame/{{The Getaway}}'' is a particularly fine example. You've been shot multiple times? No problem! Just lean on this wall for a bit. It even launders clothes.

* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/Deadpool'', where Deadpool attempts to revive an unconscious Wolverine (who has a HealingFactor and is thus at no danger of permanent damage) with repeated "Miracle Bitchslaps to the face." It doesn't work, though you can earn an Achievement by hitting him enough.

* Played for laughs in ''VideoGame/Deadpool (2013)'', where Deadpool attempts to revive an unconscious Wolverine (who has a HealingFactor and is thus at no danger of permanent damage) with repeated "Miracle Bitchslaps to the face." It doesn't work, though you can earn an Achievement by hitting him enough.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Peter gets his CPR card and HilarityEnsues. Upon witnessing a minor fender-bender in which both men quickly check for injuries and find that they're both perfectly okay, he introduces himself as "Peter Griffin, [[YouKeepUsingThatWord CPR]]" and begins unnecessarily performing the procedure on one of the men before attempting to remove his pants because he "need[s] to see if you soiled yourself." His CPR card is quickly revoked.

* In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas,'' the medical personnel can magical revive people who died from gunfire, explosions, and fire just with CPR, and have the balls to do it in an area an insane gunman (I.E. you) is still shooting up. That pales in comparison to all the people they '''run over''' in their pursuit of saving a single life.

* This is sadly TruthInTelevision, and happens many times, from negligent medical personnel to well meaning but ultimately clueless Samaritans.

** Later, UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt decided to ''leave the bullet in'' after somebody tried to assassinate him, remembering that taking it out killed Garfield, surmising (correctly) that the absence of BloodFromTheMouth meant he was alright (the bullet had struck his metal glasses case and the notes to the speech he was going to give). He was also just that badass. He gave his speech anyway while lightly bleeding into his shirt (starting by saying "Ladies and Gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose"), ''then'' sought medical treatment.

See also CPRCleanPrettyReliable, DeathByAmbulance, MagicalDefibrillator, SuckOutThePoison, WeHaveToGetTheBulletOut, ShotToTheHeart, {{Flatline}}, HarmfulHealing, HealItWithFire, MeatgrinderSurgery, LodgedBladeRemoval,and ArtisticLicenseMedicine; compare AnnoyingArrows.

* [[LodgedBladeRecycling Removing impaling foreign objects from wounds]]. Generally they've smashed all the bits they're going to smash, and are now acting as a plug on the wound — and an infection can be fought off with antibiotics at the hospital. Pull the plug, and you may be dead in minutes. Barbed weapons might tear more flesh, and if they don't, you're unlikely to be able to pull it out at the exact angle it went in.