S.C.R. No. 174 Summary

• Urges the Department of Education to add hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training as a requirement for public high school health education graduation in Hawaii

• Requests the Department of Education work with the Board of Education and Hawaii State Teachers Association to implement hands-only CPR training statewide

• Encourages private high schools in Hawaii to voluntarily add hands-only CPR training to their health education graduation requirements

• Cites American Heart Association research showing hands-only CPR is effective as conventional CPR in the first minutes of cardiac arrest and can be taught in a single health class period

• Notes that hands-only CPR training aligns with Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III benchmarks for grades 9-12 health education