Law Requiring Telecoms to Learn CPR Could Save Lives, Official Says The American Heart Association lobbied for a new law to train 911 dispatchers to help bystanders administer CPR. By Yona Gavino •
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The lobby of a North Texas auto repair shop turned into a classroom Saturday to teach hands-only CPR in response to a new law that will require telecommunicators to be trained in the life-saving maneuver.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed House Bill 786 in May. It goes into effect Sept. 1. Operators at 911 call centers will be able to tell bystanders, step by step, how to do chest-only CPR.