{"id":13057,"date":"2019-07-09T15:09:32","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T15:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/?p=13057"},"modified":"2019-07-09T15:09:32","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T15:09:32","slug":"hands-only-cpr-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinecprcertification.net\/blog\/hands-only-cpr-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bystander CPR Rates for Women Remain Low"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Why Bystander CPR Rates for Women Remain Low<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several stats agree that\nwomen are less likely to receive CPR from bystanders that men; the question is\nwhy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a\nResuscitation symposium by the American Heart Association’s, these low\nbystander CPR rates are due to concerns of inappropriate contact or the fear of\ncausing injury even in “virtual” females during training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardiac arrest is the\nabrupt malfunction of the heart’s electrical system, most times without any\nprevious symptoms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

America records a very\nhigh number – 350,000 \u2013 of out-of-hospital of cardiac arrests every year. And\nthough the rates of survival are below 12 percent, Cardiopulmonary\nResuscitation can double or triple a patient’s survival chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past, studies\nhave indicated that females who suffer cardiac arrest <\/a>outside medical facilities receive CPR less\noften than males, said Sarah M. Perman, assistant professor of Emergency\nMedicine at the Denver-based University of Colorado School of Medicine and\nprimary author on the study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Bystanders Reveal 5 Reasons They Rarely Perform CPR on women <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent survey dabbed\nPoster Presentation 198 by Colorado researchers requested 54 people online to\nexplain, without a word limit, why females may less likely receive CPR when\nthey get suffer cardiac arrests in public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Five themes emerged from the list of responses\nthey received:<\/p>\n\n\n\n