If someone appears to be in cardiac arrest, doctors stress the importance of helping. (Getty Images) Many medical organizations stress the importance of knowing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and ...

Bystanders are less likely to give women who go into cardiac arrest chest compressions in public places due to anxiety about touching their breasts, according to a new study. Research by St John ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman's chest might be one ...

Women who have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are less likely than men to receive bystander CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) application regardless of the racial and ethnic ...

Bystander CPR is associated with higher survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, but its association is weakest among Black individuals and women, according to a recent study. Researchers ...

(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. The study ...

CAMBRIDGE - There's a group of students at MIT and Harvard banding together to save lives by improving CPR training. "There is very little female representation in the curriculum and so we thought we ...

The Tri-Lakes Women’s Club and their spouses participated in CPR training conducted by the Monument Fire Department and UC Health Cardiac Care nurses in March. “Tri-Lakes Women’s Club members want to ...

A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT LEARNING CPR CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. A LOCAL WOMAN IS BEING CREDITED WITH ...

Many medical organizations stress the importance of knowing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and acting quickly if someone appears to be in cardiac arrest. But research has shown that less than ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women were less likely than men to receive bystander CPR after a public out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Findings ...