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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 23
          Author:   Salas (D), et al.
          Amended:  6/2/15 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 6/2/15

           SUBJECT:   AED Awareness Week


          SOURCE:    Author


          DIGEST:  This resolution designates the week of June 1, 2015,  
          through June 7, 2015, as Automated External Defibrillator (AED)  
          Awareness Week in California.  


          ANALYSIS:  This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)AED's are portable medical devices that use electrodes to  
            automatically analyze and detect cardiac arrhythmia of sudden  
            cardiac arrest patients and are able to produce a shock that  
            stops the heart and allows it to return to a normal rhythm, a  
            process called defibrillation.


          2)Sudden cardiac arrest, which is a condition in which the heart  
            suddenly stops pumping blood and quivers erratically, occurs  
            in about 360,000 people yearly, of those cases, more than  
            7,000 are children, typically without warning signs.










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          3)A person's survival rate decreases by 7% to 10% for every  
            minute that passes after their heart stops beating, so optimal  
            AED placement allows a person to grab the AED and return to  
            the victim within 90 seconds.


          This resolution designates the week of June 1, 2015, through  
          June 7, 2015, as Automated External Defibrillator (AED)  
          Awareness Week in California.  


          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:NoLocal:    No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified6/16/15)


          American Red Cross


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified6/16/15)


          None received


          ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT:     The American Red Cross states in  
          support, "All persons deserve quality medical care during a time  
          of need.  Access to timely medical care through means of an AED  
          can mean the difference between life and death for those who  
          undergo sudden cardiac arrest.  Given that 7,000 children and  
          young adults experience sudden cardiac arrest in the United  
          States each year, guaranteeing access and optimal placement of  
          these life-saving portable medical devices in public should be a  
          top priority.


          "A person undergoing cardiac arrest faces worsening chances of  
          survival minute by minute.  Moreover, it is imperative that  
          Californians are cognizant of the importance of AEDs and their  
          live-saving potential."   








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          Prepared by: Jonas Austin / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          6/22/15 11:12:20
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