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.
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Ong, M.E.H., Siddiqui, F.J. Hidden disparities in the rising prevalence of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Nat Rev Cardiol 20, 143–144 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-022-00830-6
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