How Covid-19 has left us too scared to perform CPR: 14% fewer people would give life-saving chest compressions to a stranger because of fears they could catch the disease, study claims

People are less likely to give life-saving CPR during the Covid-19 pandemic because of fears they may catch the infection, a study has revealed.

Researchers asked 1,360 people in 26 countries whether or not they would be willing to intervene if someone was having a cardiac arrest in public.

Compared to before the Covid-19 era, 20 per cent fewer people would give mouth-to-mouth to a stranger, if they weren’t breathing. And 14 per cent fewer claimed they would give chest compressions, which could be the difference between life and death.

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