Women and Black adults wait longer to be seen in the ER for chest pain
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 8, 2022
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Younger women and Black adults experiencing chest pain – the most common symptom of a heart attack – wait longer to get care in the emergency room than their respective male and white counterparts, potentially placing them at higher risk for poor outcomes, new research shows.
The study, published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, found women 18 to 55 years old also received . . .