{"id":63704,"date":"2015-09-22T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=63704"},"modified":"2015-09-20T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T19:28:06","slug":"regents-put-final-stamp-of-approval-on-cpr-in-schools-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=63704","title":{"rendered":"Regents Put Final Stamp of Approval on CPR in Schools Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Group<\/a>American Heart Association advocates gathered on the steps of the New York State Department of Educatioin Building on Thursday Sept. 17 to celebrate the implementation of CPR in Schools. The Board of Regents on Thursday approved the regulation that means that all students will learn Hands-Only CPR before graduating from high school.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Albany, NY \u2013 Sept. 2015) – <\/em>Dominic\u2019s room in Queens is the same as it was when he left for college in 2009. He never lived in that room again \u2013 sudden cardiac arrest claimed his life on October 5, 2009.<\/p>\n

But thanks to action that the New York state Board of Regents took yesterday, Sept. 17, lives like Dominic\u2019s have a better chance of being saved. The Regents approved the regulation that will make CPR in Schools part of the school curriculum beginning Oct. 7.<\/p>\n

Dominic\u2019s mother, Melinda Murray,was among the people who thanked the New York state Board of Regents for putting the final stamp of approval on the CPR in Schools Law in Albany yesterday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are so grateful that the New York Regents saw how important this is,\u201d Murray said. \u201cWe are so pleased that the journey has ended in this positive, life-affirming way. After 15 years of advocacy, beginning Oct. 7, Hands-Only CPR will be taught in New York\u2019s schools.\u201d<\/p>\n

For victims of sudden cardiac arrest like Dominic, having CPR performed doubles or triples the chances of survival. The CPR in Schools Law will make sure everyone who graduates from a New York high school has learned how to perform Hands-Only CPR and understands how to use an AED.<\/p>\n

Murray was joined by other American Heart Association advocates \u2013 including survivors – who have worked for 15 years to make sure that New York has a CPR in Schools law.The advocates will all wear red. New York is now the 26th<\/sup> state with this law, meaning that more than 50 percent of the nation\u2019s students will be learning Hands-Only CPR \u2013 that\u2019s some 1.5 million students.<\/p>\n

Three of the advocates \u00a0who joined Murray were also mothers who lost children to sudden cardiac arrest. All four have formed foundations that have increased the awareness of sudden cardiac arrest \u2013 and helped save lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the passage of Louis\u2019 Law in 2002, which called for the placement of AEDs in public places, 87 lives have been saved in New York,\u201d said Karen Acompora of Northport. \u201cNothing replaces our son Louis, who died of commotio cordis when he was 14, but the CPR in Schools Law honors his short life by giving others a chance at life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madison McCarthy was 5 when sudden cardiac arrest claimed her life in a kindergarten classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cMadison was surrounded by the best people possible, but without an emergency plan in place, nobody took action,\u201d said Madison\u2019s mother Suzy McCarthy of Evans.<\/p>\n

McCarthy also worked on Louis\u2019 Law, then turned her attention to CPR in Schools.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been 14 years since Madison died,\u201d McCarthy said. \u201cI know she\u2019s been peering down at us, guiding us, making sure that more children will survive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emily Adamczak was 14 when she died six years ago. Her mother, Annette Adamczak of Akron, has since trained 18,000 students in Hands-Only CPR.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ripple effects of this action will be felt across the state, as we make a difference in the lives of our children,\u201d Adamczak said. \u201cTogether, where hands and hearts meet, a life can be saved; one heartbeat at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sudden cardiac arrest survivors were among the advocates, including 15-year-old Joe Mendrick of Colonie,who was 11 when a baseball hit him in the chest and stopped his heart. Joel Stashenko, also of Colonie, <\/strong>whose son Casey \u2013 who had learned CPR in his school \u2013 revived him. JJ Pesany of Lancaster, a senior in high school,suffered an electrical shock and was saved by CPR.<\/p>\n

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the CPR in Schools bill, sponsored by then-Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, D-Long Beach and then-Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo, into law in October of 2014. The law called on the state Department of Education to ask the Regents for a recommendation on the instruction of CPR in Schools. The Regents recommended that it be included in the curriculum, and directed the Department to draft the rule for public comment. Their approval was the final step for the CPR in Schools law.<\/p>\n

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