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Bystander CPR Less Likely for People Living in Hispanic Neighborhoods Compared to Non-Hispanic Neighborhoods

January 2, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cardiac Arrest, CPR, Penn Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

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.

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CPR training kiosk comes to UChicago Medicine’s Center for Care and Discovery

October 21, 2019 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Cardiac Arrest, CPR, Heart Attack, University of Chicago Medicine

The University of Chicago Medicine, in partnership with the American Heart Association, has installed a hands-only CPR kiosk in the Center for Care and Discovery. It’s one of three in Chicago.