16/10/2026
⚠️⚠️Women are 14% to 27% less likely to receive bystander CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) in public than men.⚠️⚠️
Why Women Receive Less CPR
• Fear of touching or inappropriate behavior: Bystanders—particularly men—frequently hesitate to perform CPR on women because they worry about unwanted physical contact, touching breasts, or facing accusations of sexual assault.
• Reluctance to remove clothing: Effective CPR often requires exposing the chest, and rescuers sometimes hesitate to remove a woman's clothing in public due to modesty concerns.
• Lack of recognition: People are slower to recognize that a woman who has collapsed is actually in cardiac arrest compared to a man.
• Training manikin gap: Roughly 95% of CPR training manikins are male-presenting or flat-chested. Most people never practice chest compressions on a female-representing model, which increases uncertainty during real-world emergencies.
