Chloe Lipton says changing the dummies used for CPR training could help save women's lives.

A bill, currently in a House committee, will mandate the use of female CPR dolls and chest covers for CPR training in secondary schools in Illinois.

Several studies point to specific reasons why bystanders may hesitate to aid women in cardiac arrest, including societal fears of inappropriate touching or legal concerns.

When someone experiences a heart attack, the emergency protocol is universal for all genders — first responders are supposed ...

A study has shown that first aid dummies not having breasts are affecting women’s health. According to The Guardian, the study looked at global manikin models that had been made for adult ...

Bystanders are less likely to give women CPR in public, a new study suggests. In research to be presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain, a team of Canadian ...

Tesca Kinard has had several close calls with death. She's fortunate to have had someone around to administer CPR each time. "I went into cardiac arrest seven times over the 18 years. I was a heart ...

Women who have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) are less likely than men to receive bystander CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) application regardless of the racial and ethnic ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about health and U.K. health policy. A third of U.K. adults are are afraid to perform life-saving cardio-pulmonary ...