 occurred in public locations. The people involved had an average age of 67 and 29 per cent of the cases were in women. Only around half of the victims (54 per cent) received CPR from a bystander. Fewer attempts in public places Researchers found that in public locations women were 28 per cent less likely to receive CPR compared with men. However, in homes and other private places gender did not appear to be linked to whether or not a person received CPR. The researchers also found that older people were less likely to receive CPR in private locations, according to the study, which is being presented to the European Emergency Medicine Congress in Barcelona. With every 10-year increase in age, men were around 9 per cent less likely to be given CPR during a cardiac arrest. Women were 3 per cent less likely. Presenting the study, Dr Sylvie Cossette from the Montreal Heart Institute research centre in Canada, said: 'We carried out this study to try to uncover factors that might discourage people from delivering CPR, including any factors that might deter people from giving CPR to a woman. 'We would like to study this issue in greater detail to understand what lies behind){kind=link}
Researchers suggest some people feel uncomfortable attempting to resuscitate female victims of cardiac arrest
Women are less likely than men to be given CPR if their heart stops beating in a public place, according to a new study.
Bystanders could be “worried about hurting or touching women” which may prevent them from delivering life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the street or other public locations, academics suggested.
Researchers urged people to learn how to perform CPR and to give it “without hesitation” to anyone who needs it regardless of their gender, age or location.
The team of Canadian researchers set out to examine the assistance given to people when they go into cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly stops beating.