 The law offices of Denise L. Dirks provide family law services in Northern California. When the law affects your family... A new study finds that a child's race, ethnicity, and or home neighborhood had a strong impact on their survival and recovery after a cardiac arrest. The study found that black children have more than a four-fold higher risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest than white and Hispanic children, and they are also 26% less likely to survive than white and Hispanic children.