Written by PR - Joe O Leary
State Senator Will Haskell (D-Westport) and
State Representative Aimee Berger-Girvalo (D-Ridgefield) today rallied around legislation they co-introduced aimed at saving lives and preventing further tragedy in the name of their constituents. Senate Bill 110, currently being considered by the Public Health Committee, would require health clubs and athletic facilities to provide and maintain automatic external defibrillators, or AEDs.
Sen. Haskell and
Suzanne Bellagamba Brennan. Tragically, my husband and father of three suffered a cardiac event in 2012 and died while at a Ridgefield health club, said
Brennan. His chances of survival would have been drastically improved while awaiting help from EMS had an AED device and trained staff been on site. Four years later, another Ridgefield father suffered a near-fatal cardiac event at the same gym. Fortunately, this father survived, largely because of a trained staff person who immediately