A study has shown that first aid dolls without breasts affect women’s health.
According to The Guardianstudy looked at global mannequin models made for adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation training. The study was led by dr. Rebecca Szabo, head of the Gandel Simulation Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.
The researchers found that while all 20 different mannequins had flat torsos, only one model had breasts, highlighting issues of the human right to health.
According to an Australian study published in Reanimation journal in June, women who suffered cardiac arrest were less likely to receive CPR. This therefore meant that women were less likely to survive.
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Per The Guardianresearch of St. John Ambulance in October in the United Kingdom also found that women who suffered cardiac arrest in public were less likely than men to receive CPR from people. This was due to “concerns about touching the breasts”.
“Unequal outcomes for women after cardiac arrest may begin in CPR training and CPR manikin design related to implicit bias,” the study said.
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After Szabo couldn’t find CPR chest mannequins to train staff in life support for pregnant women suffering from cardiac arrest, the doctor decided to conduct research.
“We ended up buying a breast plate online,” Szabo said The Guardian. “It’s similar to what a drag queen would wear and it goes like a t-shirt. We put it on our training dummy.”
CPR compressions are the same for men and women, Szabo explained, adding that practicing on men’s and women’s mankinis “can help people feel more comfortable … facing a bra, breasts and something different” in real life.
“Our study shows that despite this, there has been little change in the variety of CPR training manikins available globally,” Szabo continued. “Our study is the first of its kind to name this a gender and human rights issue by linking it to business human rights and commercial determinants of health.”
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Resuscitation providers and manufacturers are encouraged to improve the variety of resuscitation mannequins.
“It highlights the critical need for regulatory bodies at all stages of the health and medical pipeline – from basic research to tools used to educate healthcare providers – to have policies that mandate the consideration of sex and gender,” said Professor Bronwyn Graham, National Director Center for gender equality in healthcare and medicine The Guardian Szab’s studies.
Graham continued: “Without such policies, these often insidious prejudices remain, and we will continue to put the lives of women and girls, and other marginalized sex and gender groups (including those with variations in gender characteristics, trans and gender diverse people) at risk.” from injuries on a daily basis.”
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