Bystander CPR less likely for people living in Hispanic neighborhoods

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) People living in predominately Hispanic neighborhoods are less likely to receive CPR from a bystander following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to people living in non-Hispanic neighborhoods, researchers from Penn Medicine and the Duke University of School of Medicine reported in the journal Circulation. This same group also had a lower likelihood of survival.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news