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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, Interesting) by Sulla on Tuesday November 14 2017, @10:49PM (2 children)
I was in the store the other day and one of my twins decided it was the right time to lose his shit. Naturally being in public and not wanting to be a total asshole I decided to take my screaming kid back to the truck. I just walked with conviction with the kid over my shoulder and hoped nobody called me on it. If I were to ever be called on this I would have nothing on me that I could use to prove that it was my kid. I suppose if you could calm the kid down they might be convinced to call you dad or whatever, but I kind of doubt if a kid is losing it for some reason in a store you will be able to calm it down enough when dealing with that level of bullshit.
I just don't go out anymore.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Snow on Tuesday November 14 2017, @11:27PM
Hmm, this sounds like a problem public/private key cryptography and tatoos could solve.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 15 2017, @07:23AM
I've had to do this several times. at least my son looks exactly like me, so it's extremely unlikely I'd need to convince someone I'm the father.
luckily they do gradually calm down after they reach 3...