Posted on 11/21/2022 10:12:09 AM PST by algore
Mannequins used to practice life-saving CPR aren't diverse enough, doctors have claimed.
Researchers want to ditch the reliance on default 'lean white male' models.
Doing so will help overcome 'bias' among bystanders and help improve the survival of other groups, they say.
This, the team claim, would be done by 'changing the perception of sudden cardiac death' — meaning people recognise it doesn't just happen to white men.
Academics from Canada and Argentina found fewer than 10 per cent of mannequins used to promote CPR on social media represented black or Asian people.
None were of pregnant women and barely any were of fat people, according to the study.
Dummies used in CPR training, often provided free by charities, can cost hundreds of pounds each.
Life-saving CPR training is used to help bystanders improve the odds of survival if someone suffers a cardiac arrest, a sudden loss of heart function.
Cardiac arrests kill thousands of people every year in Britain and the US.
There is no specific CPR guidance for black or Asian people as the techniques used are exactly the same for all adults.
Writing in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, the experts presented the findings in the
Determining the Importance of Various gEnders, Races and body Shapes for CPR Education (DIVERESE) study
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I am fairly sure they recognize this already.
What a bunch of condescending racists!
I’m impressed. The most I ever did was two by accident.
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