On March 27th, the PA Senate unanimously passed SB 115, legislation that would ensure that every PA public school graduate learns how to use hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as an attempt to resuscitate someone experiencing  cardiac arrest.  Currently,  38 other states have passed laws or adopted curricula requiring hands-only CPR training for high school students.

Presently, PA’s academic standards require schools to provide CPR instruction by grade 12, and SB 115 would direct PDE to develop a model curriculum that schools can use that provides instruction in hands-only CPR as well as information on automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Schools may also develop their own curriculum.

SB 115 now goes to the PA House for consideration.