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Doctors and EMS urge wider bystander CPR training after New Haven data shows low coverage
Summary
Emergency clinicians told the Public Safety Committee that New Haven's bystander CPR rate is under 10 percent and out-of-hospital cardiac-arrest survival is under 5 percent, both well below national figures. Presenters asked city leaders to help expand free community CPR training and said Good Samaritan laws protect bystanders who intervene.
Emergency physicians and paramedics urged wider community CPR training at the New Haven Board of Alders Public Safety Committee meeting on March 31, 2025, after presenters said bystander CPR in New Haven is well below national averages and that survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the city is lower than comparable national rates.
Dr. David Yang, an emergency physician who said he has spent significant time with ambulance and fire teams, told the committee bystander CPR in New Haven is "less than 10 percent," compared with roughly 40 percent nationally, and said the city's survival rate after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is under 5 percent compared with a national range of about 8 to 12…
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