TCTMD: EMS Practices for OHCA Diverge Between Black/Hispanic, White Areas

A recent study, co-led by Paul S. Chan, MD, a cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute, found that Emergency medical services (EMS) agencies that serve predominantly Black/Hispanic areas differ in their approaches to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) compared with those serving mostly white populations.

Earlier research from Dr. Chan and colleagues also has pointed to imbalances in survival after bystander CPR based on the patient’s race/ethnicity.

Read the full article on the study here: EMS Practices for OHCA Diverge Between Black/Hispanic, White Areas.

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