Bystander-Initiated CPR by Design, Not by Chance

Every hour in the United States, 38 people have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and fewer than 1 of 10 survive.1 Increasing data show that timely provision of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) saves lives, and tens of millions of people have been trained to perform it. Yet, less than half of persons with cardiac arrest in the United States receive bystander-initiated CPR,1 and there are significant disparities in its provision.2 Factors that affect these disparities include a person’s neighborhood and his or her race or ethnic group. In two well-designed studies in this issue of the Journal, Hasselqvist-Ax and colleagues examine . . .