▲ 529 ▼ Women are less likely to receive CPR in public than men: Study (www.yahoo.com) submitted 2 years ago by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/news@lemmy.world 272 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 34 points 2 years ago (3 children) In germany, you need to take an 8 hour first aid course to get your driver's license. It's better than nothing, but it's been 5 years for me and I'm not sure if I could still do it properly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] SevFTW@feddit.de 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which is another reason why drivers licenses and the FA course should be repeated every few years. The amount of people who don’t understand road laws or misremember them is insane permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago I fully agree. People seem to forget that they are controlling 1.5 tons of steel at a ridiculous speeds and can easily kill someone if they move their hand just a bit too far. permalink fedilink source parent [–] raef@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) And still my first aid teacher to get my German driver's license said that the survival rate for people whose heart stops is worse in Germany than the US permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did they give numbers or define survival? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It was a few years back. He might have. I mean, he meant survival as in surviving. He was just lamenting that though people in Germany know CPR, they aren't quick to come to people's aid. I do remember him saying anecdotally that when someone hits the ground in the US a crowd of people forms trying to help, though they might be mostly untrained. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Seems plausible, I found americans to be much more open towards strangers when I was there in 2016. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I don't know maybe because I keep it fresh in my mind for my job but it's really simple. If you look up emd cpr (proqa) instructions they give yoy very good simple steps to follow depending on how you answer. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SevFTW@feddit.de 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Which is another reason why drivers licenses and the FA course should be repeated every few years. The amount of people who don’t understand road laws or misremember them is insane permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago I fully agree. People seem to forget that they are controlling 1.5 tons of steel at a ridiculous speeds and can easily kill someone if they move their hand just a bit too far. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago I fully agree. People seem to forget that they are controlling 1.5 tons of steel at a ridiculous speeds and can easily kill someone if they move their hand just a bit too far. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raef@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) And still my first aid teacher to get my German driver's license said that the survival rate for people whose heart stops is worse in Germany than the US permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did they give numbers or define survival? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It was a few years back. He might have. I mean, he meant survival as in surviving. He was just lamenting that though people in Germany know CPR, they aren't quick to come to people's aid. I do remember him saying anecdotally that when someone hits the ground in the US a crowd of people forms trying to help, though they might be mostly untrained. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Seems plausible, I found americans to be much more open towards strangers when I was there in 2016. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did they give numbers or define survival? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It was a few years back. He might have. I mean, he meant survival as in surviving. He was just lamenting that though people in Germany know CPR, they aren't quick to come to people's aid. I do remember him saying anecdotally that when someone hits the ground in the US a crowd of people forms trying to help, though they might be mostly untrained. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Seems plausible, I found americans to be much more open towards strangers when I was there in 2016. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raef@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) It was a few years back. He might have. I mean, he meant survival as in surviving. He was just lamenting that though people in Germany know CPR, they aren't quick to come to people's aid. I do remember him saying anecdotally that when someone hits the ground in the US a crowd of people forms trying to help, though they might be mostly untrained. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Seems plausible, I found americans to be much more open towards strangers when I was there in 2016. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago Seems plausible, I found americans to be much more open towards strangers when I was there in 2016. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ataraxia@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I don't know maybe because I keep it fresh in my mind for my job but it's really simple. If you look up emd cpr (proqa) instructions they give yoy very good simple steps to follow depending on how you answer. permalink fedilink source parent