First Responder CPR and Survival Differences in Texas Minority and Lower Socioeconomic Status Neighborhoods

The past, present, and future of the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES)

“…This information guides us to plan for implementing public health interventions to reduce outcome disparities in OHCA. 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 Data is owned locally by EMS agencies and hospitals that participate in the program. Data is aggregated for confidential benchmarking purposes.…”

Examining the association between ethnicity and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest interventions in Salt Lake City, Utah

“…Similarly, data from New Haven and New York City showed that racial/ethnic background was not associated with survival 16 , 17 . Another study in Texas identified disparities in first responder CPR with lower rates in Black census tract regions [18] . In contrast, a study conducted in North Carolina counties reported that first-responder defibrillation rates were similar between Black and White populations [19] .…”