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
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
In my youth...(1960s) and up until Obama...all we heard was...”Do not look at the color of my skin...” but now all we hear is...”look at the color of my skin...that’s all that matters.”
The color or race of the dummy doesn’t matter to me.
It would be a good idea to have an obese dummy or very buxom one. This would train the student to first find the collarbone or clavicle, go directly under the chin, and there, most likely, you will find the top of the sternum, or breastbone. The student is then ready to do compressions, if that trainer is still teaching compressions. Some first aid trainers have stopped, because of the risk of breaking a rib.
How do these researchers know the mannequins are white males?
Did they use preferred pronouns? Did they ask the mannequins what they identify as?
Maybe these researchers are anti white racist bigots!
“... Various genders, Races and body Shapes...”
...facial piercings, political leanings, sexual orientation.../s
Bless their little Maoist hearts.
Sponsor of the study: CPR practice dummy manufacturer who wants to sell everyone 10 dummies, instead of one.
The next headline:
Researchers claim that Sex Dolls aren’t diverse enough. Fat, trans, flat assed and flat chested sex dolls are way underrepresented.
I have no sympathy for the “race” aspect ... I wouldn’t mind seeing a CPR mannequin representing a morbidly obese person, though. That would provide some interesting and realistic training.
Above the xiphoid process ... don't want to break it off.
They could make a body cast of Pelosi and include an instruction manual on where to put her floppy saggers when trying to find a sternum.
Agree. That’s the “_some_” aspect I sympathize with.
IOW, Blacks wish a black woman (or transgender male) would have been the drowning victim whom Resuscitation Annie was created after. Ok, then which black person wants to drown so their death mask can become the new model? Waiting... No one? Yeah, didn’t think so but you’re still going to whine about it.
Outside of a clinical setting, CPR is successful very little of the time.
My daughter is a paramedic. She tells me most times they do CPR for the family, not the patient. It works rarely…but still worth doing.
If you are doing it correctly, it’s between the boobs. None of this matters.
You are gonna break rips if you do it right. Just don’t want sharp objects going into a lung.
Why the heck are "CRASH TEST" dummies all white.
Why is toilet paper WHITE?
Why is snow white..IS SNOW RACIST!!!????
Why is spit/saliva white???
I'm so sick of this crap. Speaking of crap...why is it brown or black...and not WHITE??!?!?!?
Why the heck are "CRASH TEST" dummies all white.
Why is toilet paper WHITE?
Why is snow white..IS SNOW RACIST!!!????
Why is spit/saliva white???
I'm so sick of this crap. Speaking of crap...why is it brown or black...and not WHITE??!?!?!?
Why the heck are "CRASH TEST" dummies all white.
Why is toilet paper WHITE?
Why is snow white..IS SNOW RACIST!!!????
Why is spit/saliva white???
I'm so sick of this crap. Speaking of crap...why is it brown or black...and not WHITE??!?!?!?
Why the heck are "CRASH TEST" dummies all white.
Why is toilet paper WHITE?
Why is snow white..IS SNOW RACIST!!!????
Why is spit/saliva white???
I'm so sick of this crap. Speaking of crap...why is it brown or black...and not WHITE??!?!?!?
Why the heck are "CRASH TEST" dummies all white.
Why is toilet paper WHITE?
Why is snow white..IS SNOW RACIST!!!????
Why is spit/saliva white???
I'm so sick of this crap. Speaking of crap...why is it brown or black...and not WHITE??!?!?!?
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