TRENTON – A resolution sponsored by Senator Jim Whelan which would urge local boards of education to improve their preparedness in the event that a student or staff member suffers a heart attack on school grounds was approved today by the Senate.
“The best thing we can do to improve the survival rate of sudden cardiac arrest is to be prepared,” said Senator Whelan, D-Atlantic, and a teacher in Atlantic City public schools. “This bill would direct our school districts in New Jersey to develop guidelines and plans that would ensure a speedy response should someone – student or staff member – have a heart attack.”