Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Women's Heart Health / 19.12.2018
Why Are Women Less Likely To Receive Bystander CPR?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Dr. Sarah Perman MD, M.S.C.E.
Assistant professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Denver
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Women who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest have been observed to receive less bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (B-CPR) than men, and the potential reasons were largely unknown. We asked 54 people online to explain – with no word limit – why women might be less likely to get CPR when they collapse in public.
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