Bruce Cameron

Editor’s Note: The following column was originally published in 2009.

The Internet is a great place to go for information that is timely, important and completely wrong.

The other day, I was sent an e-mail advising me on how to perform CPR on myself while driving. The idea is that if you have a sudden heart attack while at the wheel, you can keep your heart pumping long enough to drive to a hospital and fill out your insurance forms.

I spoke to a cardiologist about this, who explained that CPR is generally performed on people who are either a) unconscious or b) dead. Both of these conditions p...