Need CPR? Whether you get it may depend on the neighborhood

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Patients suffering cardiac arrest in poorer, predominantly black areas were half as likely to receive CPR from a bystander as those in richer, mostly white neighborhoods, a study shows.If your heart stops and you fall to the ground, your chances of survival may depend on which neighborhood you're in when you collapse.

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