Jul 3, 2024 · BlackDoctor.org spoke with Dr. Katherine Brown, a passionate volunteer for the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Movement, to uncover the life-saving power of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

These days, training emphasizes hands-only CPR for the first few minutes, which has been shown to be as effective as conventional CPR with rescue breaths in the first few minutes after cardiac arrest in adults and teens.

If you collapse in a public place from a cardiac arrest, your chances of receiving life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) are substantially better if you're white instead of Black or Hispanic, a new study finds.

When a heart stops, seconds matter. But too often, when someone has a cardiac arrest away from a hospital, people in a position to help don't. Misunderstandings about CPR can keep people from acting. That costs lives. We asked experts to help clear things...

Jan 8, 2024 · The research found that 60% of whites received bystander CPR when cardiac arrests happened in public locations compared to 45% of Blacks and Hispanics, according to the study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

May 18, 2022 · Your chances of receiving life-saving CPR are substantially better if you're white instead of Black or Hispanic, a new study finds...

Only half of Americans can be counted on to perform CPR in an emergency, a new survey finds. Even more – 61 percent – worry they could unintentionally injure the victim.

Knowing CPR can save lives, especially in our communities! 喙 ️ Learn these 5 essential CPR tips and be prepared to help your loved ones in an emergency.

Learn how to do CPR in 7 steps from the American Red Cross. Sign up for an in-person and/or online CPR class to be prepared for moments that matter.

Mar 23, 2022 · This nationwide study found that Black and Hispanic individuals were 41% less likely than white individuals to receive CPR when suffering cardiac arrest in public and 26% less likely to receive CPR when the cardiac arrest occurred at home.