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Students, medics and survivors urge state to require CPR and AED instruction in schools
Summary
Advocates — including survivors, EMTs, school nurses and student trainers — told lawmakers mandatory CPR/AED instruction before high school graduation would add tens of thousands of potential rescuers and could be implemented with low per‑student cost.
Lawmakers heard testimony from survivors, emergency personnel and student trainers urging Massachusetts to require hands‑only CPR and AED education in public schools, arguing the training is simple to teach and can substantially raise out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest survival.
Survivor Rebecca Scott told the Joint Committee on Education that bystander CPR and an on‑site AED helped save her life after a sudden cardiac arrest while playing…
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