BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 47 (Skinner)
As Introduced April 17, 2013
Majority vote
RULES 11-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Wilk, Bigelow, |
| |Brown, Chau, Donnelly, |
| |Hagman, Nazarian, V. |
| |Manuel Pérez, Quirk, |
| |Weber |
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SUMMARY : Declares the week of June 1, 2013, to June 7, 2013, as
Commotio Cordis Awareness Week and encourages all Californians,
particularly young athletes, their families, coaches, school and
youth sports league officials, and medical personnel, to learn
about the risks of, and treatments for, commotio cordis.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)Commotio cordis is a rare and potentially fatal cardiac
arrhythmia that occurs when there is a sudden, often seemingly
innocuous, blow to the chest that disrupts the electrical
rhythm of an otherwise healthy heart; and, often occurs during
sports, when an athlete is at risk of being struck by a firm
projectile like a baseball or softball or by an another
athlete, as in football or martial arts.
2)Commotio cordis disproportionately affects children and young
adults and is one of the leading causes of sudden cardiac
death among young athletes with the average age of those
affected being 16 years, and 90% of those affected are under
25 years of age.
3)The risk of commotio cordis can be reduced through simple
interventions, including education on avoiding direct blows to
the breastbone, improved recognition and prompt resuscitations
with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and an automated
external defibrillator (AED), and increased availability of
AEDs and medical personnel, including certified athletic
trainers at youth sporting venues.
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4)Using an AED within three minutes of an attack increases the
chance of survival to 40% whereas if the AED is not used until
five or more minutes preceding the attack the chance of
survival drops to 5%.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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