A third of U.K. adults are are afraid to perform life-saving cardio-pulmonary resucitation ... said they were less likely to perform CPR on a woman in public than on a man. It’s well-known ...

"I missed a big chunk [of her life] and then I had a chance to do it again." Mrs Jillings believed people feared giving CPR to women due to worrying "about too many things". "Really they should be ...

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Doing CPR (cardiopulmonary ... between life and death. Cardiovascular diseases—including heart disease, stroke and cardiac arrest—are the leading cause of death for women across the world.

We put that on our manikin for training.” CPR compressions are the same in both men and women, Szabo explained, adding that training on both male and female mankinis “may help people feel more ...

Women are less likely to receive CPR from a stranger if they collapse because of a reluctance to touch their breasts, according to a new campaign. The reason is the "embarrassment, fear and doubt ...

However, women are 14% less likely to receive bystander CPR and defibrillation than men. That’s due to fear and hesitation while dealing with female anatomy. Chief Nathan Smith with the Lake Charles ...