Women in cardiac arrest are more likely to die

women who experience cardiac arrest outside the hospital are more likely than men to be saved by bystanders and more likely to die, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal.
Hanno Tan of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and colleagues analysed data on all recovery attempts carried out by a regional emergency services department in the country between 2006 and 2012.
period, there were more than 5,700 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the area. Cardiac arrest occurs when the rhythm of the heart becomes irregular and then stops. Among them, heart attack is one of the most common causes of cardiac arrest.
team found that about 68 percent of women who experienced cardiac arrest outside the hospital received a resuscitation attempt from bystanders, compared with 73 percent of men.
about 12.5 per cent of women who tried CPR survived and were discharged from hospital, up from 20 per cent of men.
"People may not be aware that women and men have cardiac arrest as often, and women themselves may not be aware of the urgency of the symptoms." Tan says, "Women's heart attack symptoms are not well understood, such as fatigue, fainting, vomiting, neck or chin pain, while men are more likely to experience typical symptoms such as chest pain." The
is particularly worrying because we already know that women who have experienced a heart attack are less likely to receive appropriate treatment. Sara Askew, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "It now appears that the same is true for women who experience cardiac arrest. "
" regardless of gender, the overall survival rate of cardiac arrest outside the hospital is less than 1/10. This figure is alarming. Askew said, "Every minute of CPR and defibrillation is performed, the chances of survival are reduced by 10 percent." That's why it's so important to know how to perform CPR, and doing something is better than doing nothing. (Source: Xu Xu, China Science Journal)
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