CA SR98

Proclaims October as Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month in California to increase awareness and prevention efforts.

Notes California had 31,500 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in 2022 with a survival rate of 7.8 percent, below the national average of 9.3 percent.

Identifies that only 41 percent of California cardiac arrest victims receive bystander CPR and only 9.6 percent receive a shock from a publicly accessible automated external defibrillator (AED).

Encourages development of a "Call-Push-Shock" culture to empower bystanders to call 911, perform hands-only CPR, and use nearby AEDs, which can increase survival rates up to 90 percent.

Calls for early cardiac risk detection screening, especially for youth, and comprehensive cardiac emergency response planning throughout communities and workplaces.