Kansas City Star: Interest in CPR Soars after Hamlin NFL Horror

In the hours after Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin received life-saving CPR on the football field in Cincinnati, people flooded social media with prayers and this pledge: I’m going to learn CPR.

“Damar Hamlin is a clear example of how immediate CPR can make the difference between life and death,” Dr. Paul Chan, a cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute.

Dr. Chan is the author of a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The study's data shows that Black and Hispanic individuals are less likely to receive potentially life-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders compared to White individuals. 

KC Star talked with Dr. Chan about the importance of bystander CPR and how it truly saves lives in cases like Damar Hamlin's. 

Read the full article in the Kansas City Star: Interest in CPR soars after Hamlin NFL horror. Here’s where to learn it in Kansas City

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