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A RESOLUTION encouraging Kentucky schools to acquire anti-choking devices. 1
WHEREAS, anti-choking devices are portable suction devices used to remove an 2
airway obstruction during a choking emergency and registered as a Class II medical 3
device with the United States Food and Drug Administration; and 4
WHEREAS, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, at least one child 5
dies from choking on food every five days in the United States, and more than 12,000 6
children are taken to a hospital emergency room each year for food-choking injuries; and 7
WHEREAS, in 2017, 184 children and adolescents, from birth to 17 years old, died 8
from nonfood object-related aspiration in the United States; and 9
WHEREAS, Landon McCubbins, an 8-year-old from Boston, Kentucky, died after 10
choking on a bouncy ball at school in 2022; and 11
WHEREAS, anti-choking devices, such as LifeVac, have been acquired by various 12
Kentucky schools and over 6,700 schools in the United States. LifeVac announced in 13
May 2024 that 52 lives have been saved in school settings as a result of the use of the 14
company's devices; 15
NOW, THEREFORE, 16
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the 17
Commonwealth of Kentucky: 18
Section 1. The House of Representatives encourages private and public 19
Kentucky schools to acquire anti-choking devices. 20
Section 2. The House of Representatives extends its most profound sympathy 21
upon the passing of Landon McCubbins, and expresses heartfelt condolences to his 22
family in this time of loss. 23
Section 3. The Clerk of the House of Representatives is directed to transmit a 24
copy of this Resolution to the Kentucky Department of Education, and Representative 25
Candy Massaroni for delivery to the family of Landon McCubbins. 26