Placing defibrillator pads on the chest and back, rather than the usual method of putting two on the chest, increases the odds of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by more than two-and-a-half times, according to a new study.

Researchers found that women receive CPR less often than men, likely because people are not comfortable performing life-saving measures on female bodies.

Most dramas show characters searching for pulse and giving breaths but experts say chest compressions on their own can save lives