Bystanders are less likely to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to women than men, particularly if the emergency takes place in a public area, according to research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress. The study also shows that in private locations older people, especially older men, are less likely to receive CPR.

Bystanders are less likely to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to women than men, particularly if the emergency takes place in a public area, according to research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress. The study also shows that in private locations older people, especially older men, are less likely to receive CPR.

The researchers don’t know what is causing this but it really troubles me.

  • @jarfil@beehaw.org
    15•9 months ago

    It could be that people are worried about hurting or touching women, or that they think a woman is less likely to be having a cardiac arrest.

    I took a CPR class back in the day, they told us that, particularly with older patients, “if you don’t hear the ribs crack, then you’re not doing the compressions hard enough”. 😳

    I left knowing how to do CPR… and hoping to never ever have to do it, particularly not on older people. Would I rather do CPR on a grandpa rather than on a grandma?.. I think I’d rather have someone else do it in either case.