“……to understand whether the incidence of bystander CPR in witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests at home and in public settings differs according to the race or ethnic group of the person with cardiac arrest in order to inform interventions.”

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“Within a large U.S. registry, we identified 110,054 witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests during the period from 2013 through 2019.”

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“Overall, 35,469 of the witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (32.2%) occurred in Black or Hispanic persons.”

“Black and Hispanic persons were less likely to receive bystander CPR at home (38.5%) than White persons (47.4%) and less likely to receive bystander CPR in public locations than White persons (45.6% vs. 60.0%).”

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“In witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, Black and Hispanic persons were less likely than White persons to receive potentially lifesaving bystander CPR at home and in public locations, regardless of the racial or ethnic makeup or income level of the neighborhood where the cardiac arrest occurred.”

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R.A.Garcia, et al

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Bystander CPR for Witnessed Cardiac Arrest

New England Journal Of Medicine — Volume 387 #17 — October 27, 2022 — page 1569