JAMA Medical News: Even After CPR, Surviving Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Might Be Influenced by Race, Sex

It’s long been recognized that bystanders who witness an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are less likely to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if the person who collapsed is Black, raising concerns about implicit or explicit bias. More recently, research has found that bystanders are also less likely to perform CPR if the person who collapsed is female.

Now a new study provides evidence that even among those who receive CPR, Black or female individuals are less likely to survive an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest than White or male individuals. Black and female people fare worst of all.

JAMA Medical News talked to Dr. Paul Chan, lead author of the study and cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, about the findings and where more research is needed.

Read the full JAMA Medical News article: Even After CPR, Surviving Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Might Be Influenced by Race, Sex