PRINTER'S NO. 1302
No. 107 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY FORCIER, SEYFERT, WILT, ARGALL, ARMSTRONG, BAKER,
BARD, BARRAR, BATTISTO, BEBKO-JONES, BELARDI, BELFANTI,
BENNINGHOFF, BUNT, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPABIANCA, CHADWICK,
CIVERA, CLARK, CLYMER, L. I. COHEN, M. COHEN, COLAFELLA,
CORRIGAN, COSTA, COY, DAILEY, DALLY, DeLUCA, DEMPSEY,
DERMODY, DONATUCCI, DRUCE, EGOLF, FAIRCHILD, FARGO, FEESE,
FICHTER, FLEAGLE, FLICK, GEIST, GEORGE, GIGLIOTTI, GORDNER,
GRUCELA, HALUSKA, HARHAI, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERMAN,
HERSHEY, HESS, HORSEY, HUTCHINSON, JADLOWIEC, JAMES, JOSEPHS,
KENNEY, KIRKLAND, LAUGHLIN, LEH, LESCOVITZ, LUCYK, LYNCH,
MAHER, MAITLAND, MAJOR, MANDERINO, MANN, MASLAND, McCALL,
McGILL, McILHATTAN, McNAUGHTON, MELIO, MICHLOVIC, MICOZZIE,
S. MILLER, MYERS, ORIE, PESCI, PETRARCA, PETRONE, PHILLIPS,
PIPPY, PLATTS, RAMOS, READSHAW, ROBERTS, ROHRER, ROONEY,
ROSS, SANTONI, SATHER, SAYLOR, SCHRODER, SCHULER, SEMMEL,
SERAFINI, SHANER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STABACK, STERN, SURRA,
TANGRETTI, E. Z. TAYLOR, J. TAYLOR, THOMAS, TIGUE, TRAVAGLIO,
TRELLO, TRUE, VAN HORNE, WASHINGTON, WRIGHT, YOUNGBLOOD,
YUDICHAK, ZUG AND R. MILLER, APRIL 7, 1999
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 7, 1999
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring the week of May 16 through 22, 1999, as "Emergency
2 Medical Services Week"; declaring May 16, 1999, as "Citizen
3 Recognition and Appreciation Day"; and declaring May 22,
4 1999, as "Emergency Medical Services Day" in Pennsylvania.
5 WHEREAS, The emergency medical services system in this
6 Commonwealth has been developed to provide emergency services
7 and care to the sick and injured and to provide transportation
8 to an appropriate medical or health care facility; and
9 WHEREAS, The citizens of this Commonwealth benefit daily from
10 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 sometimes stressful and often dangerous and
4 hazardous 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 comprise and link the emergency medical
17 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 should set aside a week to
23 commemorate, appreciate, recognize and support planned
24 activities in this Commonwealth; and
25 WHEREAS, "Emergency Medical Services Week" further serves to
26 inform the citizens of this Commonwealth of the availability,
27 importance and capability of their emergency medical services
28 system, to educate them about injury and illness prevention and
29 what to do when confronted with a medical emergency as well as
30 to encourage them to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation, plan
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1 and practice home and highway safety and instruct all family
2 members on the proper and appropriate use of the emergency
3 medical services system; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
5 value and the accomplishments of the emergency medical services
6 community by designating the week of May 16 through 22, 1999, as
7 "Emergency Medical Services Week" in Pennsylvania; and be it
8 further
9 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare Sunday,
10 May 16, 1999, as "Citizen Recognition and Appreciation Day" for
11 the emergency medical services community to acknowledge the
12 citizens of this Commonwealth who participate in cardiopulmonary
13 resuscitation, first aid, fundraising and other activities that
14 support emergency medical services in their communities in this
15 Commonwealth; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives declare Saturday,
17 May 22, 1999, as "Emergency Medical Services Day" for the
18 purpose of appreciating, supporting and recognizing the
19 professionals who make up the entire emergency medical services
20 community and all of the services providers who support
21 emergency medical services in this Commonwealth.
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