Cardiac Arrests in Black Neighborhoods Less Likely to get CPR, Defibrillation (IMAGE)

Duke University Medical Center

Cardiac Arrests in Black Neighborhoods Less Likely to get CPR, Defibrillation

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Compared to people who live in predominantly white neighborhoods, those who live in predominantly black areas are much less likely to receive bystander CPR.

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Shawn Rocco, Duke Health

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