More Gender Bias - Who Gets/Gives Best CPR Male or Female?

[spenac]

Interesting information proving men are better than woman :twisted: . J/K but it is food for thought:

Kemeny, A., Silver, A., Quan W., Freeman, G., & Babbs, C. (2008,

November). Differences in chest compressions provided to male and

female victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. [Abstract].

Presented at the Resuscitation Science Symposium, New Orleans,

Louisiana.

Researchers reviewed data from 203 cardiac arrest patients treated

with the Zoll AED Plus device. Most of the victims were male (70%).

Current CPR guidelines stress the importance of beginning CPR as

quickly as possible after identifying the arrest. After placing the

defibrillation pads on the patient's chest, rescuers delayed

initiation of CPR for an overall average of 13 seconds. However,

females waited significantly longer than 13 seconds much more often

than males (65% vs. 45%, p<0.0001).

We have all been taught that the proper compression depth for adults

is between one and a-half and two inches. Before the first

countershock, females were significantly more likely to receive

shallow chest compressions compared to males (68% vs. 45%, p=0.002).

After the first countershock, compressions became more forceful

overall but females were still more likely to receive shallow chest

compressions compared to males (58% vs. 47%, p=0.07) but the

differences were no longer considered significant.

Finally, recent research suggests that in order to optimize the

success of a defibrillation attempt, the interval from when the chest

compressor stops pushing until the AED operator delivers the shock

should be less than ten seconds (the hands-off interval). In this

study, the overall average hands-off interval was 23 seconds.

Females waited longer than 23 seconds (without chest compressions)

much more often than males (61% vs. 46%, p=0.009) for delivery of the

shock.

[pguy280]

Was there a cocnclusion as to why there was a difference. Was there also any suggestions as to how improve these times. As an instructor would love to know.

thanks

[Asysin2leads]

Because tactile response is all that a provider has to go on to measure his depth of compressions, given that females have a generally lighter upper body than males, it would make sense that providers give more shallow compressions on a lighter frame.

Actually its because the pig male power structure wants more females to die so that we can retain our phallocentric hold on society. But we won't win because of the strength of the sisters everywhere making their voices heard from the darkness no longer.

[Laura Anne]

Here's a part of the study that they left out:

70% of the patients in arrest were males.........29% were females........1% were shems.....

Now, if you were break down the actual percentage of patients that received adequate CPR from the females, it would show that the 29% females had better outcomes than the 70% of males.

Bottom line: Survival of the fittest..... we're just being biased!! AKA don't piss off your other half. :shock: 8)

[mrmeaner]

Bottom line: Survival of the fittest..... we're just being biased!! AKA don't piss off your other half. :shock: 8)

Or does it mean that husbands are less likely than wives to call 911 for their spouse?

[Don1977]

Does it matter????? just get the job done......

[DwayneEMTP]

Does it matter????? just get the job done......

Friggin Don...every time you speak it makes me think someone should be doing CPR on you NOW!

Surely you can't consistently come up with such idiotic response while normally mentating...

Step up to the plate brother! Use your head, develop an entire thought, think it through, share it, and we'll go on from there.

Dwayne

[Don1977]

Friggin Don...every time you speak it makes me think someone should be doing CPR on you NOW!

Surely you can't consistently come up with such idiotic response while normally mentating...

Step up to the plate brother! Use your head, develop an entire thought, think it through, share it, and we'll go on from there.

Dwayne

That is my entire thought!!! Why does a gender or certification matter...do the job at your best that your scope allows you.....

[DwayneEMTP]

That is my entire thought!!! ...

Yeah, I was afraid of that...

Obviously the job isn't always getting done. And as long as the mental midgets of EMS continue to ignore research and propagate the "Just do it" mentality then we will continue to be polluted with the types of individuals that create posts such as yours.

This is the end of the macho, ignorant era of EMS brother. Time to get on board the medical professional train, though it appears that mentally, at the least, you'll be unable to afford a ticket.

Dwayne

[Don1977]

Yeah, I was afraid of that...

Dwayne

I don't see what the problem is here....