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Women less likely than men to be given CPR in public places, research finds (medicalxpress.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Bystanders are less likely to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to women than men, particularly if the emergency takes place in a public area, according to research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress. The study also shows that in private locations older people, especially older men, are less likely to receive CPR.

The researchers don't know what is causing this but it really troubles me.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I can only guess its because of the fear of getting sued for sexual assault. The details of the story unfortunately dont matter, many folks just read the headlines and theyll just remember "helping them will get you sued"

The difference was far smaller than i anticipated, so im mildly relieved. Hopefully, should i be right, we manage to dispell these fears

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure the article is satire. Here's something similar from Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/cassidy-boon-drowning/

From the original article: "I could have died peacefully, but now I am living a nightmare; I was sexually assaulted in broad daylight by the only person who was sober at the party; what are the chances?.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The names a different in the articles and they are from different years. The "original" article seems to be from "GlobalNea" (which is now defunct? This is supposedly a picture of "Kim Wright" but there's only a single picture of her online.

It's not clear if it's a true story or not. If it happened in the US, there should be court documents, no?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can not believe what I'm reading... I mean.

That must be an embellishment or something (I read the qoutes, but still, really!?). How can you be so ungrateful and ignorant at the same time?

Also, that has to be an exceptionally rare case.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's satire.

Like the Onion. Or the Babylon Bee.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Oh thank god

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's Canadian research, is the situation in Canada re: suing each other the same as in the US? I don't know much about that aspect.

Would be interesting to see similar research somewhere with few personal injury lawsuits (like NZ, where anyone injured by CPR is already covered by universal no-fault accident insurance).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The difference is 7% in a public place. To me that's really high.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I assumed itd be triple that.