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Woman tackling CPR taboo calls for female manikins

A campaigner says she is calling for female manikins to be mandatory in CPR and defibrillator training because she does not want women to become statistics. Chloe Lipton, 29, from Hertsmere, ...
CNN

Survival rates far worse for Black women after bystander CPR, study finds

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 ...
Forbes

A Third Of Brits Are Afraid To Perform Life-Saving CPR On Women

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. A third of U.K. adults are are afraid to perform life-saving cardio-pulmonary ...
News Medical

911 telecommunicators improve CPR access for women during cardiac arrest

Women were less likely than men to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in public, however, this disparity improved when 911 telecommunicators provided lifesaving instructions to callers ...
The Conversation

Women are less likely to receive CPR than men. Training on manikins with breasts could help

If someone’s heart suddenly stops beating, they may only have minutes to live. Doing CPR (cardiopulmonary resusciation) can increase their chances of survival. CPR makes sure blood keeps pumping, ...
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Survival rates far worse for Black women after bystander CPR, study finds

(CNN) — 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. CNN — (CNN ...