{"id":116,"date":"2023-07-28T14:21:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shekar-krishnan\/?p=116"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:21:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:21:25","slug":"nyc-council-member-shekar-krishnan-leads-passage-of-heart-act-to-make-aeds-more-accessible-to-new-yorkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shekar-krishnan\/2023\/07\/28\/nyc-council-member-shekar-krishnan-leads-passage-of-heart-act-to-make-aeds-more-accessible-to-new-yorkers\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Council Member Shekar Krishnan Leads Passage of \u201cHEART Act\u201d to Make AEDs More Accessible to New Yorkers"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York, New York <\/em>\u2013 On June 8, the New York City Council passed the Harihareswara Expand Access to Rapid Treatment Act \u2013 or \u201cHEART Act\u201d <\/em>\u2013 with the support of an overwhelming 50 out of 51 Council Members. The bill, introduced by Council Member Shekar Krishnan, will require the City\u2019s Department of Health to publish data on the locations and quantities of all publicly-available automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in New York City, making the life-saving devices more accessible to any member of the public. Council Member Krishnan first introduced the bill after hearing the story of a constituent, Sumana Harihareswara, whose father died of a heart attack in 2010. The bill \u2013 now law \u2013 is named in his honor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we mark the end of National CPR and AED Awareness week, I\u2019m proud to have led passage of the HEART Act, which will help more New Yorkers find AEDs to save the lives of their friends, family, and neighbors,\u201d said Council Member Shekar Krishnan.<\/strong> \u201cHeart disease is the leading cause of death in New York City, claiming hundreds of our loved ones every year. By making AEDs easily accessible across the city, we can and will prevent countless deaths from cardiac arrest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father, S.K. Harihareswara, died of a heart attack in 2010,\u201d said Sumana Harihareswara<\/strong>. \u201cHe was a community organizer, a priest, an independent publisher, and one of my inspirations. And then his heart stopped. Lots of us, especially people of South Asian heritage, have cardiac health issues. And COVID has weakened many people’s cardiovascular systems and led to more heart attacks. So it’s crucial for New Yorkers to know where our nearest AEDs are, and this bill gets that information where more people can get it. Too many people die when nearby AEDs could have saved them, and I’m so grateful to help us stop wasting that chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe American Heart Association supports efforts designed to raise awareness about the importance of knowing how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED). When a person experiences a sudden cardiac arrest, survival depends on immediately receiving CPR from someone nearby. More than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital each year, quickly performing CPR can double or triple the chance of survival for a person in cardiac arrest,\u201d said Lawrence Phillips, MD, Immediate Past President of the New York City American Heart Association Board of Directors <\/strong>and Medical Director, Outpatient Clinical Cardiology, NYU Langone Health.<\/strong>  \u201cWe applaud Council Member Krishnan and the rest of the NYC Council for their support of CPR and AED awareness and making sure New Yorkers are able to locate an AED when they need one.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAutomated external defibrillators save lives, and in a cardiac emergency, every precious second matters,\u201d said Council Member Linda Lee, Chair of the Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities, and Addictions<\/strong>. \u201cAs the City Council continues to advocate for the cardiovascular health of New Yorkers, I am proud to cosponsor the HEART Act to require DOHMH to report on the availability of defibrillators across our city to create better health outcomes. I applaud Council Member Krishnan for his leadership in passing this legislation that will save the lives of countless residents who may experience a health crisis.\u201d\u201cCardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any moment, and having access to an automatic external defibrillator is critical in saving lives. Int 814-A provides transparency and accessibility of AEDs in public while highlighting the importance of cardiovascular health,\u201d said Council Member Marjorie Vel\u00e1zquez<\/strong>. \u201cI\u2019m proud to be a part of a movement that will save countless lives, especially  when waiting for hospital transport is not an option.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York, New York <\/em>\u2013 On June 8, the New York City Council passed the Harihareswara Expand Access to Rapid Treatment Act \u2013 or \u201cHEART Act\u201d <\/em>\u2013 with the support of an overwhelming 50 out of 51 Council Members. The bill, introduced by Council Member Shekar Krishnan, will require the City\u2019s Department of Health to publish data on the locations and quantities of all publicly-available automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in New York City, making the life-saving devices more accessible to any member of the public.<\/p>\n

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