Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will be on Capitol Hill to try to convince U.S. lawmakers they need to make sure students across the country can access the same kind of life-saving device that restarted his heart earlier this year.
Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin will be on Capitol Hill Wednesday to try to convince U.S. lawmakers they need to make sure students across the country can access the same kind of life-saving device that restarted his heart earlier this year.
Scripps News found that only five states in the U.S. have laws requiring schools to have some kind of AED drill. Last month, Cherfilus-McCormick pledged she would"definitely" address the training gap the Scripps News investigation found, including in schools that already have AEDs.
Should it pass, the Act would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award up to $25 million in grants over five years to public schools for establishing or bolstering comprehensive AED programs on their campuses in consultation with"a qualified healthcare entity." The money could be spent on training staff and students alike on how to use the devices, and could go toward buying new AEDs or replacing old ones.
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