Bystanders less likely to perform CPR on women in public

This study found that only 54% of people who collapsed in public were given CPR, with women being 28% less likely than men to receive this crucial help. — dpa

Women are less likely than men to be given CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) if they fall unconscious and their heart stops beating in a public place, according to a new study.

“We don’t know why this is the case,” says study co-author and emergency medicine physician Dr Alexis Cournoyer from Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal in Canada.