HI SR79

Encourages Hawaii to examine requiring automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in all state-owned buildings and to pursue existing AED programs.

Survival probability decreases by 7-10% for every minute a cardiac arrest victim remains in a life-threatening arrhythmia without treatment.

Hawaii currently has no legislatively mandated AED educational programs, though organizations like the University of Hawaii and American Heart Association offer voluntary first aid training that includes AED education.

Requests certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health and the Comptroller.