Hidden disparities in the rising prevalence of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provided by a bystander has saved the lives of many patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Several factors have been hypothesized to contribute to


the low rates of bystander CPR, including the race and/or ethnicity of the recipient and the location of the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Access through your institution Buy or subscribe


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references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Pre-hospital & Emergency Research Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore Marcus Eng Hock Ong & Fahad Javaid


Siddiqui * Department of Emergency Medicine, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore Marcus Eng Hock Ong Authors * Marcus Eng Hock Ong View author publications You can also search


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ARTICLE Ong, M.E.H., Siddiqui, F.J. Hidden disparities in the rising prevalence of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. _Nat Rev Cardiol_ 20, 143–144 (2023).


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