Healio: Treatment Effect of Bystander CPR Varies by Race, Sex

A new National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study led by researchers at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute found race- and sex-based differences in the increased chances of survival from people who received bystander CPR for cardiac arrest.

On average, survival benefits of CPR for cardiac arrest could be three times as high for white adults compared to Black adults and twice as high for men compared to women.

Healio talked to Dr. Paul Chan, the study's senior author and cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, about the study's findings and recommendations for reducing racial and ethnic disparities.

Read the full article from Healio: Treatment Effect of Bystander CPR Varies by Race, Sex

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