Bill Text: VA HJR748 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Lindy Prevatt.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-02-25 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ748ER) [HJR748 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HJR748-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Lindy Prevatt, at the time an emergency room nurse at Virginia Hospital Center, helped save the life of an individual who went into cardiac arrest during a baseball game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., in June 2022; and
WHEREAS, on June 11, 2022, John Clements of Wisconsin was visiting the nation's capital with his wife and two adult sons and attended a Washington Nationals game against the Milwaukee Brewers; during the sixth inning, he experienced trouble breathing and speaking, then lost consciousness; and
WHEREAS, Lindy Prevatt was sitting in a nearby section when she noticed a man in distress and went to investigate; by the time she arrived, Jamie Jill, an off-duty firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Arlington County Fire Department, had already begun chest compressions; and
WHEREAS, Lindy Prevatt called for an automated external defibrillator (AED) and helped Jamie Jill perform chest compressions until the device arrived; and
WHEREAS, using the AED, Lindy Prevatt and Jamie Jill shocked John Clements three times, at which point on-site first responders reached the scene; and
WHEREAS, Lindy Prevatt and Jamie Jill helped carry John Clements up the stairs to the concourse, where he was placed on a stretcher and taken to the hospital for further treatment; and
WHEREAS, thanks to Lindy Prevatt's actions, John Clements survived and got to go home to his family; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Lindy Prevatt for helping to save the life of an individual who experienced cardiac arrest at Nationals Park in June 2022; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Lindy Prevatt as an expression of the General Assembly's admiration for her quick thinking and heroic actions.
