Bill Text: IL HR0962 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends the American Heart Association for its efforts to save lives through education and training and thanks the Association and its volunteers for providing CPR and AED training for General Assembly employees.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR0962 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0962-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Each year sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives | ||||||
| 3 | of approximately 383,000 Americans outside of the hospital; it | ||||||
| 4 | strikes people of all levels of fitness, and it usually strikes | ||||||
| 5 | without warning; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, In many cases, sudden cardiac arrest is caused by | ||||||
| 7 | an abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation that | ||||||
| 8 | prevents the heart from pumping blood; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The treatment for ventricular fibrillation is | ||||||
| 10 | defibrillation, which is the delivery of an electric shock to | ||||||
| 11 | the heart that stops ventricular fibrillation and allows a | ||||||
| 12 | normal heart rhythm to resume; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Providing defibrillation on-site with an | ||||||
| 14 | Automated External Defibrillator (AED) can significantly | ||||||
| 15 | increase survival rates for ventricular fibrillation cardiac | ||||||
| 16 | arrest; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, The American Heart Association is a national | ||||||
| 18 | voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability | ||||||
| 19 | and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and it is | ||||||
| 20 | dedicated to helping businesses and communities establish | ||||||
| 21 | on-site AED programs; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, The American Heart Association and its volunteers | ||||||
| 2 | have assisted in the establishment of AED programs at the | ||||||
| 3 | Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate by | ||||||
| 4 | providing life-saving CPR and AED training for General Assembly | ||||||
| 5 | employees in 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, and 2012; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The American Heart Association volunteer | ||||||
| 7 | instructors for the 2012 General Assembly employee training | ||||||
| 8 | session were J R Dietl, Carl Martin, Terry Bowman, Julie | ||||||
| 9 | Valerius, Cindy Robinson, Steve Mensing, Julie Mongeon, Matt | ||||||
| 10 | Newcomb, Andy Wendler, Todd Shea, and Stan Rudy; therefore, be | ||||||
| 11 | it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 13 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | we commend the American Heart Association for its efforts to | ||||||
| 15 | save lives through education and training, and we thank the | ||||||
| 16 | American Heart Association and its volunteers for providing CPR | ||||||
| 17 | and AED training for General Assembly employees; and be it | ||||||
| 18 | further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the Greater Midwest Affiliate of the American | ||||||
| 21 | Heart Association as an expression of our gratitude for its | ||||||
| 22 | role in providing heart-health education and life-saving | ||||||
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