Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Racial and ethnic disparities in the provision of bystander CPR after witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States
Authors' conclusion
Racial/ethnic disparities exist for Black and Hispanic persons in the odds of receiving bCPR after a witnessed non-traumatic OHCA regardless of public or private setting, neighborhood income level, or population density.
Study context
- Population
- Adults (≥18 years) with witnessed non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), US National EMS Information System, 2021
- Participants
- 64,007 witnessed OHCAs
- Exposure
- Black/Hispanic vs White
- Outcome
- Odds of receiving bystander CPR
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Bystander CPR
Black/Hispanic vs WhiteAdjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Home
0.77(0.74–0.81)
Public
0.69(0.64–0.76)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Racial and ethnic disparities in the provision of bystander CPR after witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States. Resuscitation. Published 12 July 2023. doi:10.
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