Bill Text: IL SR0078 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Declares February 3-9, 2019 as Burn Awareness Week in the State of Illinois.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-02-07 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter [SR0078 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SR0078-Introduced.html

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SENATE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Burn injuries continue to be one of the leading
causes of accidental death and injury in our nation;
tragically, children, the elderly, and the disabled are
especially vulnerable to burn injuries, and almost one-third of
all burn injuries occur in children under the age of 15; and
WHEREAS, Annually, in the United States, approximately
486,000 people receive medical care for treatment of burn
injuries; in 2016 alone, there were 3,280 deaths from fire and
smoke inhalation, and another 40,000 people were treated in
hospitals for burn related injuries; and
WHEREAS, Children under five are 2.4 times as likely as the
general population to suffer burn injuries that require
emergency medical treatment, and young adults ages 20-29 have a
probability of burn injury that is roughly 1.5 times the risk
of the general population; and
WHEREAS, The primary causes of injury include fire-flame,
scalds, electrical, and chemicals; most of the injuries occur
in the home; today, 96.8% of those who suffer burn injuries
will survive; unfortunately, many of those survivors will
sustain serious scarring, life-long physical disabilities, and
adjustment difficulties; and

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WHEREAS, National Burn Awareness Week, an initiative of the
American Burn Association, is a coming together of burn, fire,
and life safety educators to make the public aware of the
frequency, devastation, and causes of burn injury, to offer
consistent and authoritative measures to prevent these
injuries, and to detail how to best care for those that are
injured; and
WHEREAS, Significant research and medical advances have
dramatically improved burn care and treatment, aided
rehabilitation, shortened hospital stays, and increased burn
survival rates; aftercare support for the physical and
emotional effects of burns has also played a key role in the
successful reintegration of burn survivors into our
communities; furthermore, burn safety education and prevention
efforts continue to reduce the number of people who suffer
burns each year; and
WHEREAS, Many people devote their lives and careers to
treating, caring for, supporting, and rehabilitating burn
injury survivors, including those performing vital work in burn
research and development; there are dedicated fire fighters who
risk their own lives every day to protect others, as well as
burn foundations and other life safety professionals who
promote burn injury awareness and prevention; therefore, be it

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RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare February
3-9, 2019 as Burn Awareness Week in the State of Illinois; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the American Burn Association as a symbol of our
respect and esteem.