Bill Text: PA SR123 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Recognizing the week of June 1 through 7, 2011, as "National CPR and AED Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-23 - Introduced and adopted [SR123 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR123-Introduced.html

  

 

    

PRINTER'S NO.  1244

  

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

  

SENATE RESOLUTION

 

No.

123

Session of

2011

  

  

INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, PILEGGI, COSTA, ALLOWAY, BOSCOLA, BREWSTER, BRUBAKER, DINNIMAN, EARLL, ERICKSON, FARNESE, FERLO, GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KASUNIC, ORIE, RAFFERTY, SOLOBAY, TARTAGLIONE, WASHINGTON, WAUGH, D. WHITE AND YAW, MAY 23, 2011

  

  

INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 23, 2011  

  

  

  

A RESOLUTION

  

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Recognizing the week of June 1 through 7, 2011, as "National CPR

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and AED Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.

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WHEREAS, Heart disease affects men, women and children of

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every age and race in the United States and it continues to be

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the leading cause of death in America; and

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WHEREAS, Approximately 295,000 emergency medical services-

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treated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually

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nationwide; and

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WHEREAS, Approximately 92% of sudden cardiac arrest victims

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die before being discharged from a hospital; and

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WHEREAS, Sudden cardiac arrest in most adults results from an

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abnormal heart rhythm, often ventricular fibrillation; and

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WHEREAS, Unfortunately, only 32% of out-of-hospital cardiac

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arrest victims receive bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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(CPR); and

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WHEREAS, Prompt delivery of CPR more than doubles the

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victim's chance of survival by helping to maintain vital blood

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flow to the heart and brain, increasing the amount of time in

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which an electric shock from a defibrillator may be effective;

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and

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WHEREAS, An automated external defibrillator (AED), even when

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used by a bystander, is safe, easy to operate and, if used

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immediately after the onset of sudden cardiac arrest, highly

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effective in terminating ventricular fibrillation so the heart

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can resume a normal, effective rhythm; and

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WHEREAS, For every minute without bystander CPR, survival

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from witnessed cardiac arrest decreases 7% to 10%; and

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WHEREAS, The interval between a 911 telephone call and the

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arrival of emergency medical services personnel is usually

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longer than five minutes, therefore, a cardiac arrest victim's

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survival is likely to depend on a public trained in CPR and AED

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use and access to these lifesaving measures; and

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WHEREAS, The American Heart Association, the American Red

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Cross and the National Safety Council are preparing a public

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awareness and training campaign on CPR and AED use to be held

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during the first week of June; therefore be it

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RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize June 1 through 7, 2011,

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as "National CPR and AED Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania and

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commend the good work of the American Heart Association, the

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American Red Cross and the National Safety Council and encourage

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all Pennsylvanians to become properly trained in CPR and AED

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usage.

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