Women are less likely than men to receive pressure massage from eyewitnesses if they have a heart attack in public, according to a new study. To reach this finding, Canadian researchers examined nearly 40,000 heart attacks. According to scientists, the reason for the difference is not clear. However, they suspect that one reason for this is that there may be a greater barrier to touching a woman in the breast area without her consent.
The study published Monday is based on data from 2005 to 2015 in the US and Canada. The researchers examined all heart attacks registered outside hospitals during this period: almost 40,000 patients.
61% of women and 68% of men receive chest compressions
When heart attacks occurred in public, for example on the street, 61 percent of women received chest compressions and 68 percent of men. “This increases mortality among women after a heart attack, that’s for sure,” said emergency physician Alexis Cournoyer of Montreal’s Sacré-Coeur Hospital. Pressure massage and, if necessary, ventilation are de facto the only way to keep those affected alive until rescuers arrive.
Heart attacks in women are diagnosed less frequently
The researchers were unable to clarify the reasons why eyewitnesses handle heart attacks differently in women and men. One hypothesis is that passersby have greater inhibitions about touching women’s breasts than men. In addition, heart attacks are apparently diagnosed less frequently in women, Cournoyer said. Many people wrongly assume that only men can have a heart attack.
Source: Krone
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