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Women’s Health Wednesday: Hands-only CPR awareness and females

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – According to statistics from the American Heart Association, a majority of studies reveal women are less likely to receive bystander CPR or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The ...
Philadelphia Mag

Women Are Less Likely to Get CPR in an Emergency. Here’s Why That Needs to Change.

People are less likely to perform CPR on a woman. The American Heart Association is trying to change that. If you suffer cardiac arrest, CPR can double your chance of survival. Yet women who ...

Women are less likely to get CPR. How female CPR dummies are helping

Women are less likely to receive bystander CPR than men. The American Heart Association hopes new female training dummies can ...
Northern Public Radio

Women are less likely to receive CPR in an emergency. A state lawmaker wants to change that

Democratic state Rep. Maura Hirschauer has introduced a bill aimed at reducing hesitation when providing CPR to women.
NBC Chicago

Study Suggests Women Less Likely to Get CPR From Bystanders

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 reason. Only 39 percent ...
AOL

Why modesty should not stop CPR for women

Thames Valley Air Ambulance include manikins with breasts in its CPR awareness sessions New figures show women are less likely than men to receive bystander CPR as many "feel unsure about touching a ...
Chicago Tribune

Naperville Central student takes on female disparity issue in CPR training

As Naperville Central High School student Ashlynn Goldstein prepared to enter her senior year capstone course, she wanted to focus on gender disparities in the health care industry. The topic was ...