Women half as likely to be given drug for fatal bleeds (Times report 19/05/22)

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BettyFilous · 19/05/2022 06:30

Depressing read. Shocking, but not surprising.

Women are half as likely to receive a drug that stops them bleeding to death after accidents as men are due to NHS “sex discrimination”, a study indicated.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/40789da4-d6cc-11ec-8585-951ab3afb4d2?shareToken=5743b6e44091870815b07a44d3997f52

(MNHQ - do not move to Feminism Chat. The article refers frequently to sex differences in treatment.)

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ItJustIs · 19/05/2022 08:20

I was pleased to see this in the Guardian too. Also using clear language.
www.theguardian.com/society/2022/may/18/injured-women-discrimination-life-saving-drugs-researchers

Sylfia · 19/05/2022 08:18

Doubt there is any one reason apart but could include:

women have higher pain thresholds
men use medical services less so could be more easily perceived as emergency cases
women fainting/ collapsing may be perceived as less unusual
women have different pattern of injuries after eg car crashes - as reported yesterday
"some" bleeding acceptable for women, none for men
men likely to be in this situation in acute care, women also in childbirth where deterioration can be dismissed

Sadly plausible

SoggyPaper · 19/05/2022 08:12

Looks like this is in feminism chat…

it’s really depressing. Medicine is structurally sexist is so many ways.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 19/05/2022 08:08

That's extremely concerning. I agree the investigation needs to be very thorough, it suggests widespread cultural issues in medicine.

ErrolTheDragon · 19/05/2022 07:49

That's very stark, and the 'why' needs thoroughly investigating.

Hoardasurass · 19/05/2022 07:41

It's pure sexism. The results are really close to the increased death and serious harm rates for women who are operated on by men (no corresponding rates when women operate on men).
We really shouldn't be surprised about any of this especially when medical journals think its OK to call women "bodies with vaginas " when discussing the engrained misogyny in medicine

Weepingwillows12 · 19/05/2022 07:10

Those statistics are pretty bad. Would really like to know more on reasons why though so it can be addressed. I know a few doctors including a and e ones and I just can't see them saying "oh it's a women let them die". Is it about women being trained from birth to not make a fuss and the NHS being so stretched that you often have to go tell people when you need medicine? But not sure that works in this case as major bleed and trauma patients may not be conscious.

Reallybadidea · 19/05/2022 07:01

The comments btl are also awful - can be summarised as 'I don't believe this is true'.

Eddielizzard · 19/05/2022 06:41

This is outrageous.

WarriorNewAgain · 19/05/2022 06:38

Not surprised these days. Shocking

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