Test Drive Our New Site! We have some improvements in the works that we're excited for you to experience. Click here to try our new, faster, mobile friendly beta site. We will be maintaining our current version of the site thru the end of 2024, so you can switch back as our improvements continue.
Legislation Quick Search
Advanced Search
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
04/24/2024 11:59 PM
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/Legis/CSM/showMemoPublic.cfm?chamber=H&SPick=20170&cosponId=24668
Share:
Home / House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda

House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda

Subscribe to PaLegis Notifications
NEW!

Subscribe to receive notifications of new Co-Sponsorship Memos circulated

By Member | By Date | Keyword Search


House of Representatives
Session of 2017 - 2018 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: October 3, 2017 03:51 PM
From: Representative James R. Santora
To: All House members
Subject: Mandatory AED in every State Building - Tom's Law
 
Representative Jamie Santora

Date: October 3, 2017

Subject: Mandatory AED in every State Building – Tom’s Law

_____________________________________________________________


In the near future I will be introducing legislation that would make it mandatory that every State building be equipped with an automated external defibrillator (AED).

An AED is a portable device that checks the heart rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart to try to restore a normal rhythm. AEDs are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest, a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating.

The reasoning behind Tom’s Law is the death of PennDOT worker, Tom Toner, who suffered a heart attack at work and died because there was not an AED available to help revive him.

Please join me in sponsoring this legislation.

Introduced as HB1953