FORT WORTH, Texas — This fall, Texas public and private schools will be healthier and more heart-prepared — or at least they should be.
Senate Bill 865, also known as the Landon Payton Act, requires schools to have a Cardiac Emergency Response Plan, CPR and AED certification for certain employees, and conduct drills to test their emergency response.
While Fort Worth Independent School District students at South Hi Mount Elementary got excited about their Kids Heart Challenge kick-off, Sarah Thieroff made sure staff at another Fort Worth campus knew how to react in the case of a sudden cardiac arrest…