Knowing CPR could make you a lifesaver. Here's how to learn. Contrary to popular belief, CPR doesn’t always save lives. But without it, an individual's survival chance dramatically decreases. Recently, however, there has been evidence that CPR is less administered to people of color and low-income individuals, and that these communities are less likely to have CPR training. Sahan Journal reports that Black and Hispanic children are less likely to receive CPR from people nearby, also known as bystander CPR. More specifically, Black children are 35 percent less likely to have successful bystander CPR than white children, according to a 2022 study. 

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Dr. Manu Madhok is an emergency medicine pediatrician at Children’s Minnesota Hospital Minnesota. Last year, he and others analyzed the rates of bystander CPR in children across racial groups 

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