Survival rates for Black women are far worse after bystander CPR than for White men, according to a study published this month in the American Heart Association journal Circulation.
The study highlights a troubling disparity in the effectiveness of bystander CPR for cardiac arrests that happen outside a hospital setting. While bystander CPR generally improves survival rates, its benefits are notably reduced for Black individuals and for women, according to the study. The study looked at more than 623,000 patient records and found that nearly 40% of people who experienced cardiac arrest outside of a hospital received CPR from a bystander.
“What’s different about bystander CPR compared to a medication is that a medication can be standardized. You have a certain dose, let’s say, of chemotherapy – 50 milligrams – and everybody gets 50 milligrams. But with CPR, the quality and type of intervention may vary widely depending on who is performing it.” Chan says that people might be uncomfortable performing CPR on a woman because manikins used in formal CPR training typically don’t have breasts.
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