There boobies not Barriers
Aug 31
1 min read
Women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men. Hesitation cost livesli
Why?
Fear of inappropriate touching
Uncertainty of hand placement
Concern about hurting the woman
Public perception and social norms
But Cardiac Arrest is not a social situation, It’s an emergency
.A growing body of international evidence demonstrates that women are less likely than men to receive life-saving bystander interventions during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), including CPR and AED application, particularly in public settings (Munot et al. 2024; Catalisano et al. 2025).
Across Australia, women aged over 75 years were less likely to receive bystander CPR (Bray et al. 2025).
