Master of Bioethics degree candidate, Aditya Shekhar, quoted as lead author in a study that finds Black and Hispanic children are less likely to receive bystander CPR than white children. The study, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, found that racial and ethnic disparities were similar to those seen in previous studies of adult cardiac arrests.
"Although it's alarming and tragic, it's not something that surprised us," said lead author Aditya Shekhar. "The first step toward eliminating these disparities is identifying them and improving our CPR knowledge and awareness across demographic lines, including race and ethnicity and socioeconomic status.”