It’s rare to hear of young people dying from sudden cardiac arrest, but it happens: The CDC says roughly 2,000 young people under 25 die of it each year. It’s also one of the top causes of death for student athletes, alongside accidents and suicide.
That’s why MountainView Hospital cardiologist Alfred Danielian and state Assembly member Hanadi Nadeem (D-Las Vegas) are pushing for the passage of the so-called “Smart Heart Law” this legislative session.
The law would mandate AEDs (automated external defibrillators) in public and private high school athletic facilities. AEDs are used to help shock a person’s heart back to normal functioning after it goes into arrest. This would bolster an existing law that demands at least one AED in schools and offsite athletic facilities, but not onsite ones…