President Biden signs HEARTS Act to provide AEDs and CPR training in schools
The CDC said thousands of young people who otherwise seem healthy die of sudden cardiac arrest each year in the United States.
Championed by Damar Hamlin, federal bill places AEDs in schools, boosts CPR training
The HEARTS Act creates a grant program for schools to train students, staff and sports volunteers as well as purchase AEDs
Biden Signs HEARTS Act: Empowering Schools Against Cardiac Arrest
President Biden signs the HEARTS Act, enhancing cardiac emergency response in schools with CPR and AED resources
Damar Hamlin-backed HEARTS Act becomes law, boosts AEDs and CPR training in schools
A federal bill aimed at supporting healthy heart education in schools while protecting students from sudden cardiac arrest has been signed by President Joe Biden. The bill had the high-profile support of Buffalo Bills' safety and former Pitt Panther Damar Hamlin.
HEARTS Act signed into law to protect students from cardiac arrest
President Biden earlier this week signed into law the bipartisan Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research and Training in Schools (HEARTS) Act, which will help ensure students and staff in schools nationwide are prepared to respond to a cardiac emergency.
Schumer, Bills' Hamlin tout passage of bill on AEDs, CPR in schools
About 23,000 children and teenagers experience a cardiac arrest every year in the U.S. If that cardiac arrest takes place in a school with an automated external defibrillator, or AED,
Damar Hamlin-backed HEARTS Act signed into law by President Biden
The Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, and Research, and AED Training in the Schools Act of 2024 (HEARTS Act), backed by Damar Hamlin, was signed into law by President Biden on Monday.
Bills' Damar Hamlin celebrates signing of HEARTS Act to get AEDs into schools
President Joe Biden signed the “HEARTS Act” into law on Tuesday, after garnering support from Bills safety Damar Hamlin. (Scripps News)
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