Women are 27 percent less likely than men to receive bystander CPR because of hesitancy to follow protocol, fueled by fears of inappropriate touching, exposing the chest or drawing accusations of sexual assault, according to the Journal of the American Heart Association. House Bill 4788, sponsored by Rep. Maura Hirschauer, aims normalize CPR performance on women by introducing female manikins in secondary school CPR training.
Ditto. Upon discovering an obviously “ unhoused “ person lying along a sidewalk in slime and ooze under a railway overpass once while walking the property as part of my job, the 911 operator wanted to know if I took his pulse, was he breathing, is he injured, ODing? I said that that was for the EMTs to do, I had no intention of touching him.
Last edited 2 months ago by Hello, Indiana!
Wally
2 months ago
I’m missing something. Women are afraid to perform CPR on male mannequins and need female mannequins? Inappropriate touching on the chest of a male mannequin? Maybe males on a female mannequin. I have to recertify CPR every two years and I have never noted the sex of the mannequins. I have partnered with women and never saw them hesitate because the mannequin was a male. If a life is at stake, the sex of the victim is irrelevant.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
In this day of frivolous lawsuits and government overbearance, I’m not helping anyone. Sorry
Ditto. Upon discovering an obviously “ unhoused “ person lying along a sidewalk in slime and ooze under a railway overpass once while walking the property as part of my job, the 911 operator wanted to know if I took his pulse, was he breathing, is he injured, ODing? I said that that was for the EMTs to do, I had no intention of touching him.
I’m missing something. Women are afraid to perform CPR on male mannequins and need female mannequins? Inappropriate touching on the chest of a male mannequin? Maybe males on a female mannequin. I have to recertify CPR every two years and I have never noted the sex of the mannequins. I have partnered with women and never saw them hesitate because the mannequin was a male. If a life is at stake, the sex of the victim is irrelevant.
How does anyone know the gender of the mannequins unless the mannequins tells you their pronouns? I wouldn’t want to misgender.
I can’t wait to see those female manikins especially if they have……