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PA Good Samaritan Co-Sponsorship Letter Being Circulated: Urge Your Senator to Sign on and Save Lives!

Friday, February 25, 2011
Each year, approximately 295,000 EMS-treated sudden cardiac arrests (SCA) occur outside of a hospital and unfortunately, only 8% of those victims survive. However, CPR combined with early defibrillation with an AED more than doubles a victim’s chance of survival. Good Samaritan laws have been created to protect from liability for injury and damages any person who assists someone in need during a medical emergency.

Te good news is that a large majority of states (36 states) provide Good Samaritan protection to a person who renders care in good faith at the scene of an emergency. The bad news is that Pennsylvania’s Good Samaritan laws do not.

Improving PA's Good Samaritan Law Will Cost Nothing--And Save Lives!

Senator Lisa Baker is currently circulating a co-sponsorship memo for Senate Bill 351, which would provide further civil immunity protections to individuals and other entities acting in good faith to assist during times of an emergency. This legislation will not cost the Commonwealth one penny to implement, but the lives it will save are priceless!

Please take a moment to send a message now urging your state senator to co-sponsor this vital legislation. ***Please note: Our system has been updated and may prompt you to login the first time with your last name and email address in the top right corner of the screen.

Passage of this bill could save the life of someone you love. Please act now!
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