CPR training in N.Y. high schools now law

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Finally!

ALBANY – High school students will need to be trained in CPR and learn how the use of automated defibrillators under legislation signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Article: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/albany-watch/2014/10/21/cpr-training-ny-high-schools-now-law/17698347/

[Billy 68]

Love this! I think this a awesome idea that should have been done a long time ago. Wish i had it when i was in school.

[38ff 250]

Great idea, and I am all for it, but this looks like an unfunded mandate.

Edited October 24, 2014 by 38ff

[JackEMT 77]

I also like the idea. In middle school our health class included a CPR class, that was my first card.

As defibs are more prevalent in public places, the more people trained in CPR and the use of the defib the better.

In college, a requirement was swimming, another skill I think everyone should learn.