PRINTER'S NO. 561
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
38
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GREENLEAF, DINNIMAN, WOZNIAK, HAYWOOD, BAKER,
TEPLITZ, EICHELBERGER, KITCHEN, TARTAGLIONE, FONTANA,
FARNESE, ALLOWAY, PILEGGI, BREWSTER, HUTCHINSON, COSTA, YAW
AND SMITH, MARCH 2, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 2, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2015 as "Brain Injury Awareness
Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Brain injury refers to the death or injury of brain
cells and the disruption of neural pathways resulting in changes
in the way a person thinks, feels and acts; and
WHEREAS, Acquired brain injury is an injury to the brain
secondary to trauma, stroke, postsurgical complications,
aneurysm, high fever, infection, near drowning, near
suffocation, near electrocution, poisoning and other conditions
which interfere with delivery of blood or oxygen to the brain;
and
WHEREAS, More than 3.3 million Americans sustain an acquired
brain injury, including stroke, annually; and
WHEREAS, Brain injury due to trauma may be caused by a direct
blow to the head or being shaken violently and may be caused by
falls, motor vehicle crashes, bicycle accidents, sports and
recreation injuries, shaken baby syndrome, gunshot wounds and
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