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Ohio Cares asks Legislature to fund statewide cardiac-arrest registry and bystander-CPR outreach
Summary
Medical and advocacy groups asked the Public Safety Committee to add an amendment funding Ohio Cares, the state's cardiac arrest registry, and to support bystander CPR efforts in rural communities; witnesses said Ohio's bystander-CPR rate is below the national average and the registry requires state funding to continue.
Medical and public-health advocates told the House Public Safety Committee that Ohio Cares, the state's cardiac arrest registry, needs new funding to expand bystander CPR outreach — especially in rural counties where EMS response times are longer.
Dr. Justin Benoit, chairman of Ohio Cares, and Dustin Hoelfinger of the American Heart Association asked lawmakers to support an amendment (identified in…
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