An estimated 436,000 people die from cardiac emergencies each year, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), and 350,000 cardiac events occur outside of the hospital.
Minutes count when someone suffers a heart attack or stroke, regardless of gender. However, recent studies show that women are less likely to receive lifesaving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders.
A study by St. John Ambulance in the United Kingdom found that one-third of the people surveyed were afraid to give CPR to women out of fear of inappropriate touching accusations.
Thirty-three percent of men in the study said they’re worried about being accused of inappropriate contact when giving chest compressions to a woman in cardiac arrest….