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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall require all school coaches to obtain and maintain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, and the use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED). Requires certification in CPR and AED use to be consistent with national, evidence-based, emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. Amends the School Safety Drill Act. Provides that a cardiac emergency response plan shall include (i) establishing a cardiac emergency response team that is certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator and (ii) the use of annual cardiac response drills to practice the steps established in the cardiac emergency response plan, in partnership with local emergency medical services. Makes other changes concerning the plan.
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause with the provisions of the introduced bill, and makes the following changes. In the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act, requires all paid school head coaches or chief sponsors of the activity (rather than all school coaches) to obtain and maintain certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid, and the use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED). In the School Safety Drill Act, requires a cardiac emergency response plan to include training on symptom and warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest, hands-only CPR, and use of AEDs (rather than information on hands-only CPR and use of AEDs) and establishing a cardiac emergency response team trained in CPR and the use of an AED consistent with national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines, and provides that cardiac response drills may be conducted without student participation.
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