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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2019 - 2020
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 18, 2018 03:10 PM |
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| From: | Representative Ed Neilson |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Requiring AEDs and AED Instruction in Schools |
| Did you know that, according to the American Heart Association, immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and early defibrillation with an automated external defibrillator (AED) can more than double a person’s chance of survival from a cardiac arrest? Moreover, early defibrillation, along with CPR, is the only way to restore a person’s heart rhythm to normal in a lot of such cases. For every minute that passes without CPR and defibrillation, the chances of a person’s survival from cardiac arrest decrease by seven to ten percent. With this in mind, I am re-introducing legislation that would create several requirements relating to the placement of AEDs in schools, as well as expanding training opportunities for school staff. Specifically, this bill would require school entities to make AED training available to all district employees and volunteers. Schools would be required to have a minimum of five individuals certified in AED usage for each location with an AED, have one such trained individual in the immediate vicinity of an AED location during school hours, and have an AED and an individual trained in both its use and CPR at all school-sponsored or school-approved interscholastic sporting events held at its facility. Please join me in co-sponsoring this important legislation that can lead to saving more lives. Previous Co-sponsors: NEILSON, R. BROWN, DAVIS, MURT, DRISCOLL, SCHLOSSBERG, D. COSTA, KINSEY, CONKLIN, ZIMMERMAN, CALTAGIRONE, FARRY, FREEMAN and DONATUCCI |
Introduced as HB1038