Posted on 11/12/2017 1:34:54 PM PST by sparklite2
SATURDAY, Nov. 11, 2017 -- America's hang-ups over sexuality and gender could cost women their lives when their heart suddenly stops, a new study suggests.
Simply put, women suffering from cardiac arrest in a public setting are less likely to get lifesaving CPR from a passerby than men are, researchers reported.
"When it comes to life and death, we need to reassure the public that we're not worrying about what seems socially inappropriate or taboo," said senior study author Dr. Benjamin Abella. He is director of the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Resuscitation Science.
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Lesson learned... thought it it was another hit piece on first responders and I skipped through it.
Is it hangups over sexuality? Or is it fear of lawsuits?
I’m an EMT. I agree.
Hang-ups? How about decency, dignity & decorum?
UPI regularly features writers worse than the AP lot, if that’s possible.
I don't know who comes up with these studies, but it's likely complete drivel.
I've only seen CPR given once in my life, and the recipient was female. She was an older woman and kept alive about 25 minutes while we awaited paramedics.
Those delivering the CPR were a nurse (female) and a man who had been trained for this activity.
The recipient was a woman at my church, not particularly healthy and about 60 years old. She died just over a year later of some version of heart failure.
People trained in CPR aren't going to respond more slowly or not at all because the person in need is female. It says right here, that's bunk, and a reporter who would allow a byline on such a story needs a new line of work.
Sneaking in a little feel?
Who said anything about mouth-to-mouth?
As a former EMT I call “horse hockey”.
Sorry Doc (and ladies) but you can’t criminalize behavior as innocuous as a pat on the back and then expect men to risk everything they have for a stranger. Especially given our ass-backward legal system.
I wonder if part of it is that symptoms are sometimes very different in men vs women of a heart attack.
Also, I think people seeing a man hit the ground immediately think heart attack. Seeing a women hit the ground, people think faint, vertigo, blood sugar, any number of things before thinking heart attack.
So you’re saying let ‘em die for decorum?
Yes.
EMTs are totally outside the point here.
You are also trained, certified, and insured.
Depends on the woman!
A woman’s heart stopping isn’t as noticeable as a man’s?
Why is that?
People trained in CPR
Usually the results of “Studies” are determined beforehand and the data found to “prove” it.
It’s got nothing to do with EMTs, so your opinion is worth about as much as mine.
This is about cardiac arrest, not heart attack. Heart attacks, AFAIK, don’t benefit from CPR, while cardiac arrest requires it.
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