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Committee approves adding bleeding-control kits to school AED programs
Summary
The committee unanimously passed LC461386 ("6 29"), expanding K–12 AED programs to include bleeding-control kits and adding an appropriations clause; sponsors said funding has relied on the state trauma commission and the appropriation is intended to safeguard the program.
A legislative committee voted unanimously to advance LC461386 (referred to in the hearing as "6 29"), a bill that adds bleeding-control kits to existing automated external defibrillator (AED) programs in public schools and inserts an appropriations clause to protect future funding.
Supporters told the committee the measure builds on earlier expansions of AEDs into elementary and middle schools. Kyle Gibson, trauma and acute care nurse practitioner and coordinator for the Northeast…
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