Bill Text: TX HCR61 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the Stop the Bleed campaign.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Signed by the Governor [HCR61 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR61-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 61 | ||
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| WHEREAS, When a person is losing blood, every minute counts, | ||
| and the Stop the Bleed campaign of the U.S. Department of Homeland | ||
| Security is informing Americans about vital measures to aid trauma | ||
| victims; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The initiative was created in the wake of the 2012 | ||
| mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School; at the request of the | ||
| governor of Connecticut, Dr. Lenworth Jacobs convened a panel of | ||
| experts, among them the American College of Surgeons, and their | ||
| review led to development of the Stop the Bleed campaign; in Texas, | ||
| implementation of the program is being guided by Dr. J. Patrick | ||
| Walker of Crockett, a member of the American College of Surgeons | ||
| Committee on Trauma; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Because a trauma victim can bleed to death within | ||
| five minutes, before professional emergency care arrives, the | ||
| program teaches citizens bleeding-control methods developed by the | ||
| military and first responders; Stop the Bleed also provides kits | ||
| that include such tools as tourniquets, dressings, and topical | ||
| hemostatic agents to help bystanders offer swift assistance at the | ||
| scene of a mass casualty or other incident; these kits are affixed | ||
| to walls in public places, much like the cardiac defibrillators | ||
| with which most modern buildings are furnished; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Stop the Bleed campaign is empowering citizens | ||
| across the country to save lives in situations when time is of the | ||
| absolute essence; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby recognize the Stop the Bleed campaign and encourage all | ||
| Texans to participate in the initiative and learn more about the | ||
| importance of bleeding-control measures. | ||
| Ashby | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 61 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 16, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 61 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
