Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 30 Summary

• Recognizes sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) as a serious health threat to student athletes in Delaware, noting that nearly 400,000 people suffer from SCA annually in the US with less than 10% survival rate.

• Identifies SCA as the leading cause of death among student athletes during athletic practices and competitions, with 1 in 100 student athletes having a potentially fatal heart condition.

• Encourages the State of Delaware to work with the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) to develop SCA education initiatives focused on symptom recognition, risk factor awareness, and family medical history screening.

• Emphasizes the critical importance of CPR training, automated external defibrillator (AED) access, and emergency action plans for student athletes, noting that survival rates decrease 10% with each minute of treatment delay.

• Calls for training coaches and officials of interscholastic athletes in SCA recognition and response protocols to protect student athlete safety.