01-05-2025
Illinois Senator proposes new bill requiring lifesaving equipment
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — An Illinois State Senator is proposing a new bill that'll require specific facilities to have an AED on site.
Senator Doris Turner is hoping to get the lifesaving machines into nursing homes, assisted living centers, shared housing and other places. There's a nursing home in Savoy that doesn't have any AEDs, however the nursing director at Clark-Lindsey in Urbana said they have more than 10.
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One patient who lives at the Urbana nursing home said that's what sparked his interest in staying there.
'Well because you often don't have much time to respond to a heart attack, and if you don't have AEDs, sometimes you can do CPR, sometimes not,' said patient Jim Wardrop. 'An AED is almost sure to do some good if it's possible.'
Current state law says physical fitness centers, police departments, public schools and a few other places are required to have AEDs inside their buildings.
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