Recognizing and supporting the recognition of February 2024 as "American Heart Month".

Recognizing and supporting the recognition of February 2024 as “American Heart Month”. WHEREAS, more than 350,000 people experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital each year and only about 1 in 10 survive; and more than 23,000 children under the age of 18 experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital each year in the United States and almost 40 percent of these are sports related; and WHEREAS, there are effective solutions to this problem - awareness and education to have cardiac emergency response plans in place, CPR education and automated external defibrillator (AED) training and accessibility; and WHEREAS, about 70 percent of cardiac arrests that occur outside of a hospital happen at home; and WHEREAS, CPR, especially if performed immediately, can double or triple a person’s chance of survival; and only about 46 percent of people who experience cardiac arrest receive CPR from people nearby while waiting for emergency responders to arrive; and WHEREAS, knowing how to properly perform CPR has encouraged more people to act when faced with a cardiac emergency and to save more lives from cardiac arrest outside of a hospital, we must increase the number of people who respond to cardiac arrest by calling 911, delivering high-quality CPR and using an AED as soon as it is available; and WHEREAS, CPR is a lifesaving skill that most people, including children as young as age 9, can learn; and WHEREAS, the American Heart Association has set a goal of doubling the survival from…