PRINTER'S NO. 1788
No. 171 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY BROWN, CIVERA, DeLUCA, ARMSTRONG, PESCI, GEORGE,
CAPPABIANCA, JAROLIN, CALTAGIRONE, THOMAS, LAUGHLIN, MELIO,
LaGROTTA, JADLOWIEC, MASLAND, GIGLIOTTI, FLEAGLE, READSHAW,
MARKOSEK, CHADWICK, SCHULER, KAISER, FICHTER, FARGO, EGOLF,
GORDNER, SANTONI, HALUSKA, SATHER, LESCOVITZ, BAKER, NAILOR,
S. H. SMITH, FEESE, CORRIGAN, BARRAR, RUBLEY, BEBKO-JONES,
ITKIN, HERMAN, LEDERER, MANDERINO, PHILLIPS, ORIE, FLICK,
LYNCH, FAIRCHILD, DEMPSEY, PETTIT, BOSCOLA, McCALL, ZUG,
BARD, ROBERTS, SHANER, STERN, TRAVAGLIO, M. N. WRIGHT,
PLATTS, CLYMER, COWELL, B. SMITH, VAN HORNE, ARGALL,
McILHATTAN, BELARDI, MAITLAND, DRUCE, WILT, DALLY, HENNESSEY,
MAJOR, HERSHEY, OLASZ, CLARK, SEYFERT, J. TAYLOR, SAYLOR,
SCHRODER, WOJNAROSKI, HESS, CORPORA, SEMMEL, WAUGH, CASORIO,
WALKO, JOSEPHS, DENT, HARHART, C. WILLIAMS, SERAFINI, MUNDY,
SURRA, PIPPY, YOUNGBLOOD, BROWNE, BENNINGHOFF, MARSICO,
STABACK, COY, LUCYK, MILLER, LEH, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, RAMOS,
HUTCHINSON, DONATUCCI, SAINATO, HASAY, RAYMOND, DiGIROLAMO,
TRELLO, L. I. COHEN, ROSS AND TRUE, MAY 12, 1997
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MAY 12, 1997
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of May 18 through 24, 1997, as "Emergency
2 Medical Services Week" in Pennsylvania; designating May 18,
3 1997, as "City Recognition and Appreciation Day" in
4 Pennsylvania; and designating May 24, 1997, as "Emergency
5 Medical Services Day" in Pennsylvania.
6 WHEREAS, The emergency medical services system in this
7 Commonwealth has been developed to provide emergency services
8 and care to the sick and injured and to provide transportation
9 to an appropriate medical or health care facility; and
10 WHEREAS, The citizens of this Commonwealth benefit daily from
11 this system and from the knowledge, skill, specialized training
1 and services of those providers who devote their lives to saving
2 the lives of others and who perform extraordinary public
3 services under stressful and even dangerous and hazardous
4 conditions; and
5 WHEREAS, Rapid access to quality and professional emergency
6 medical services and care dramatically improves the probability
7 of survival and recovery for those who experience sudden illness
8 or injury; and
9 WHEREAS, The emergency medical services community consists of
10 volunteer and paid providers, including physicians, nurses,
11 paramedics, emergency medical technicians, aeromedical
12 personnel, first responders, ambulance attendants, ambulance
13 drivers, police officers, firefighters and emergency services
14 dispatchers, as well as educators and administrators who support
15 and assist emergency medical services and in many instances the
16 public, who together combine to comprise and link the emergency
17 medical services network; and
18 WHEREAS, In appreciation and recognition of the organized and
19 coordinated efforts of the Pennsylvania emergency medical
20 services system, those professionals who directly provide these
21 services and those who support and assist emergency medical
22 services, the Commonwealth shall set aside a week to
23 commemorate, appreciate, recognize and support planned
24 activities in this Commonwealth; and
25 WHEREAS, The designation of "Emergency Medical Services Week"
26 further serves to inform the citizens of this Commonwealth of
27 the availability, importance and capability of their emergency
28 medical services system and to educate the citizens of this
29 Commonwealth about injury and illness prevention and what to do
30 when confronted with a medical emergency, as well as to
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1 encourage citizens to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation, plan
2 and practice home and highway safety and instruct all family
3 members on the proper and appropriate use of the emergency
4 medical services system; therefore be it
5 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
6 value and the accomplishments of the emergency medical services
7 community by designating the week of May 18 through 24, 1997, as
8 "Emergency Medical Services Week" in Pennsylvania; and be it
9 further
10 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate Sunday,
11 May 18, 1997, as "Citizen Recognition and Appreciation Day" for
12 the emergency medical services community to acknowledge the
13 citizens of Pennsylvania who participate in cardiopulmonary
14 resuscitation, first aid, fundraising and other activities that
15 support emergency medical services in their communities; and be
16 it further
17 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate
18 Saturday, May 24, 1997, as "Emergency Medical Services Day" for
19 the purpose of appreciating, supporting and recognizing the
20 professionals who make up the entire emergency medical services
21 community and all citizens who support and assist service
22 providers in this Commonwealth.
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