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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Bystander CPR for Witnessed Cardiac Arrest.

R Angel GarciaJohn A SpertusSaket GirotraBrahmajee K NallamothuKevin F KennedyBryan F McNallyKhadijah BreathettMarina Del RiosComilla SassonPaul S Chan
Published in: The New England journal of medicine (2022)
In witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Black and Hispanic persons were less likely than White persons to receive potentially lifesaving bystander CPR at home and in public locations, regardless of the racial or ethnic makeup or income level of the neighborhood where the cardiac arrest occurred. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.).
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