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Study Suggests Women Less Likely to Get CPR From Bystanders
Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman's chest might be one reason.
Only 39 percent of women suffering cardiac arrest in a public place were given CPR versus 45 percent of men, and men were 23 percent more likely to survive, the study found. It involved nearly 20,000 cases around the country and is the first to examine gender differences in receiving heart help from the public versus professional responders.
"It can be kind of daunting thinking about pushing hard and fast on the center of a woman's chest" and some people may fear they are hurting her, said Audrey Blewer, a University of Pennsylvania researcher who led the study. Rescuers also may worry about moving a woman's clothing to get better access, or touching breasts to do CPR, but doing it properly "shouldn't entail that," said another study leader, U Penn's Dr. Benjamin Abella. "You put your hands on the sternum, which is the middle of the chest. In theory, you're touching in between the breasts."
The study was discussed Sunday at an American Heart Association conference in Anaheim.
Get touchy and save women's lives.
Also at Penn Medicine and the American Heart Association. Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
Other study mentioned in the AP article: Sexual Activity as a Trigger for Sudden Cardiac Arrest (DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.09.025) (DX)
Related study: Sex-Based Disparities in Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes of Cardiac Arrest in the United States, 2003-2012. (DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003704) (DX)
(Score: 2) by Entropy on Wednesday November 15 2017, @09:16AM (1 child)
I was unclear. They tried to get him to plead guilty(plea deal) to some other bs offense, likely in exchange for probation. He stuck to his guns, and they backed down--They did not take it to court. I can't imagine the level of stress this guy had, and it took real guts to not take the "easy" way out. He had to face potentially years in prison(and people that scare the crap out of other people for a living) to stick with his principals and that he didn't do anything wrong--even though he was male. We all know if a female was in that situation she never would have gotten charged. (Though to me fair a transexual should probably just run away immediately.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 15 2017, @01:00PM
Better, but still Wrong.
Our kids have autism, and we have had to "abduct" them from public places many times - it's remarkable how few people ever get remotely involved - it happens, and it has always turned out low stress and good for us, but it's really rare.