SR 79: encouraging the state to examine requiring automated external defibrillators in all state-owned buildings and pursue existing automated external defibrillator programs.

SENATE RESOLUTION

encouraging the state to examine requiring automated external defibrillators in all state-owned buildings and pursue existing automated external defibrillator programs.

     WHEREAS, an automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable device that can be used to treat a person whose heart has suddenly gone into cardiac arrest; and

     WHEREAS, specifically, AEDs automatically analyze the heart rhythm in people who are experiencing cardiac arrest and are able to deliver electrical shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm; and

     WHEREAS, however, probability of survival decreases by seven percent to ten percent for every minute that a victim stays in a life-threatening arrhythmia; and

     WHEREAS, in concurrence with increasing public access to AEDs, classes and trainings are essential to supporting successful defibrillation; and

     WHEREAS, while major organizations such as the University of Hawaii and American Heart Association offer first aid training that includes AED education, the State does not have any existing AED legislatively mandated educational programs; and

     WHEREAS, expanding access to AEDs and AED training programs will support local community health and save lives throughout the State; now, therefore,

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2026, that the State is encouraged to examine requiring automated external defibrillators in all state-owned buildings and pursue existing automated external defibrillator programs; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health and Comptroller.

Report Title: 

DOH; Automated External Defibrillators; Training Programs; State Buildings