Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed a bill – Act 7 – requiring high school students to learn CPR prior to graduation into law this week.

The law, supported by the ACC Pennsylvania Chapter and your ACC, requires the Pennsylvania Department of Education to provide a curriculum to schools that would teach "hands-only" CPR, as well as address the use of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs).

"This new law will help provide generations of Pennsylvanians with an important life-saving skill," said Sen. Tom Killion, who sponsored the bill. "Knowing how to properly use the hands-only CPR technique and AED equipment is critical when an individual suffers a cardiac arrest. I deeply appreciate Gov. Wolf signing this legislation. It will save many lives."

Nearly 40 states have passed this type of bill.

Keywords: ACC Advocacy, Defibrillators, Heart Arrest, Curriculum, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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