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Michigan House adopts resolution declaring June CPR and AED awareness week
Summary
The Michigan House unanimously adopted House Resolution 121 to designate a week in June 2025 as CPR and AED Awareness Week, honoring a Lansing-area teen who died of sudden cardiac arrest and spotlighting recent state school AED requirements and donated devices.
The Michigan House of Representatives on June 3 adopted House Resolution 121 to declare a week in June 2025 as CPR and AED Awareness Week in Michigan.
Representative Whitworth introduced the resolution and dedicated it to Everson Guild, a 14-year-old who died from sudden cardiac arrest during a Grand Ledge High School football practice in February 2017. "Everson was a bright, compassionate, and loving kid," Whitworth said on the House floor, adding that more than 300 children and young adults die from sudden cardiac arrest in Michigan each year.
The resolution and remarks emphasized that rapid CPR and use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) in the minutes after a cardiac arrest can save lives. Whitworth noted that last term the Legislature enacted requirements for schools to maintain AEDs and ensure they are accessible within one to three minutes of a cardiac emergency, and that schools must develop cardiac emergency response plans and train staff in CPR. She said the NFL donated 50 AEDs for legislators to distribute to schools the previous year.
House members adopted the resolution by voice vote. The resolution was made available for cosponsorship on the electronic calendar, and Whitworth encouraged colleagues to support outreach and awareness efforts during the designated week.
The adoption is a symbolic recognition to promote training and access to life-saving equipment; it does not by itself change statutory requirements beyond reinforcing awareness efforts already discussed on the floor.
