Abstract

Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) remains lower in rural areas compared to urban and suburban area. Limited access to health care resources and longer EMS response times suggests that rural OHCA survival may rely more on bystander intervention than in more populated areas. This study compares the rates of bystander CPR in cases of OHCA between rural and urban areas and examines social factors associated with bystander CPR.

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