Month: September 2009

Strangers more likely to perform CPR–friends and relatives are less likely

We found an interesting post over at The Straight Dope that really surprised us. They chewed on some research results involving resuscitation statistics that reveal strangers are more likely to perform CPR on you than someone you know would. Conventional wisdom held (without any basis other than it sounded “good”) that strangers were less likely to perform CPR on others. We thought the reasons included the unknown medical history of strangers, unknown airborne and bloodborne pathogens you could be exposed to–stuff like that. It goes along with the American Heart Association’s “hands-only” CPR program that addresses this. It turns out rescuers panic …

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• September 3, 2009