13/04/2025
"⚠️ Women are less likely to receive CPR in the street than men largely due to unfounded fears.
➡️ Breasts
You are not placing your hands on the casualty’s breasts; The heel of your hands will be on the sternum.
➡️ Bras
Bras need to be removed. This has nothing to do with the metal underwire affecting the defibrillation. (Anyone who tells you this needs to read anything published in the last 20 years.) Similarly, ni**le rings do not need to be removed as the defib pads are not placed over the ni**les. They will not cause burns.
Bras are removed to facilitate the placement of the pads. Bras can be pretty industrial, especially where the cups meet so cut the chest strap on each side and lift the bra out of the way.
➡️ Religion
Some religions forbid men to touch a woman other than their husband, or members of their family. All religions place the value of life as a priority and these rules do not exclude physical contact for the purpose of saving a life if there is no female present to perform the CPR. Compression-only CPR is still required and accepted."
(credit to Adam Gent, Real First Aid Ltd, Wales, United Kingdom 🇬🇧)
