HI HCR108

Urges the Department of Education to add hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training to all Hawaii public high school health education graduation requirements.

Requests that private high schools in Hawaii voluntarily add hands-only CPR training to their health education graduation requirements.

Notes that hands-only CPR consists of calling 911 and performing chest compressions at 100 compressions per minute, and can be taught in a single health class period.

Cites American Heart Association research showing hands-only CPR is as effective as conventional CPR in the first minutes of cardiac arrest and increases bystander willingness to intervene.

References Hawaii's current 5% cardiac arrest survival rate and notes that states with increased CPR training have doubled or tripled survival rates.