The Buffalo Bills player is teaming up with families and legislators to keep kids safe with access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
continues his remarkable recovery, the Buffalo Bills player is using his platform to push for student and student-athlete safety.
On Wednesday, Hamlin, several families, and lawmakers were on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to push for access to automated external defibrillators .by Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and Bill Posey would establish grants for CPR and AED training in elementary and secondary schools nationwide. The legislation would also authorize the purchase of AEDs for schools, and create awareness campaigns and cardiac emergency response plans, The Hill in D.C. reported.
Last year, Hamlin collapsed on the field after making what appeared to be a routine tackle in the first quarter of a game against the Cincinnati Bengals and on Monday Night Football on Jan. 2, the Associated Press noted. He went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated on the field. The game was suspended and eventually canceled. Matthew Mangine Sr. lost his son Matthew Mangine Jr., a northern Kentucky teenager who died in 2020 after collapsing during soccer practice, according to WLWT-TV.
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