Satisfaction expressed by the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies following the approval by the Health Commission of the Regional Council of Tuscany of the bill for the prevention of sudden cardiac death in young people
The Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa welcomes the approval by the Health Commission of the Regional Council of Tuscany of the draft law introducing a series of measures for the prevention of sudden cardiac death in young people. The proposal, signed by all members of the commission, was voted unanimously and will go to the Regional Council for final approval at the end of the month.
The draft law stems from an initiative supported by the Sant'Anna School and the Gabriele Monasterio Foundation. Among the signatories is an interdisciplinary group of professors and researchers from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa: Michele Emdin and Alberto Giannoni, respectively full professor and associate professor at the Sant'Anna School's Interdisciplinary Research Center for Health Sciences; Emanuele Rossi, full professor at the Dirpolis Institute of the Sant'Anna School; Fabio Pacini, researcher at the University of Tuscia affiliated with the Health Center; and Iacopo Olivotto, full professor of cardiology at the University of Florence.
The draft law revolves around four key points: the establishment of a regional registry on sudden cardiac death in young people to collect all cases of sudden death and resuscitated cardiac arrest; a plan for the early identification of heart disease in high schools; the introduction of cardiopulmonary resuscitation courses in secondary schools, aimed at both school staff and students; the adoption of measures for the distribution and correct management of automatic external defibrillators with mapping of the regional territory and the implementation of an app that allows rescuers to immediately locate the nearest AED.
