On tv shows or movies when someone is drowning and they are revived with CPR and start coughing up water why do they never turn them on their side?

My wife works in nursing and has said as much. She’s also pointed out how many times CPR chest compressions are portrayed as love taps when in reality it’s a pretty violent endeavor causing cracked ribs.

IRL you would if you can physically move the patient after assessing them for a neck injury. Some folks weigh a ton!

because in the movies, directors want to show the persons face, while getting CPR, you see the person trying to breathe, etc. it's all for the movie trying tp thrill the audiance

It's like a lot of things in drama: the action is symbolic of an event rather than a faithful realist enactment of fact. Similarly, heart attacks don't always happen as portrayed and sex is very stylised. Most heroes would be dead after their first beating if what you see on the screen was to be taken at face value.

To face the camera

They are supposed to do that lay them on the side it’s in cpr training

You cant really do cpr on someone that is laying on there side

They rarely check the airway first before commencing CPR. Or in modern movies they do the old standard CPR and not the new one.

Boobs.

Because they are not truly drowning. It's all make believe.