Bystanders less likely to give women CPR, research

CPR is demonstrated during a tour of Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, England, June 30, 2023. [AP Photo]

Bystanders are less likely to give life-saving CPR to women having a cardiac arrest in public than men, leading to more women dying from the common health emergency, researchers said Monday.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation combines mouth-to-mouth breathing and chest compressions to pump blood to the brain of people whose hearts have stopped beating, potentially staving off death until medical help arrives.