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Washington Senate adopts resolution declaring February 2025 American Heart Month
Summary
The Washington State Senate unanimously adopted Senate Resolution 8610 recognizing February 2025 as American Heart Month and urging CPR and AED training; senators also handled bill referrals and a procedural move to amend a bill's reading status.
The Washington State Senate adopted Senate Resolution 8610 on Feb. 24, 2025, proclaiming February 2025 as American Heart Month and urging increased public CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) training.
The resolution text, read on the Senate floor, cited national statistics: more than 350,000 people experience cardiac arrest outside hospitals each year, about 70% of such events occur at home, and only about one in 10 people survive. The text said about 23,000 children under 18 experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest annually in the United States, nearly 40% of which are…
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