The bizarre reason men are afraid to give women CPR
One in three men are afraid to give women CPR because they are worried about touching their breasts, a study reveals.
In the survey, these men said they feared being accused of ‘inappropriate’ contact when giving women chest compressions.
However, just 13 per cent of women have the same reservations, according to the St John Ambulance survey of 1,000 adults.
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Previous research found only 68 per cent of women are likely to receive bystander CPR compared to 73 per cent of men.
St John Ambulance wants all Britons to learn CPR, adding: ‘Everyone deserves the best possible chance of survival.’
Each year, more than 30,000 people have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the UK, with fewer than one in ten surviving, according to the British Heart Foundation.
Millie Bright, captain of Chelsea Football Club’s women’s team, said: ‘I’ve had the experience of being on the pitch when someone suffered a suspected cardiac arrest, and it was terrifying.
‘To learn that as a woman, I am more at risk because people are uncomfortable providing help due to my gender is shocking.’
