PRINTER'S NO. 1425
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
249
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN, BAKER, BOBACK, V. BROWN, CALTAGIRONE,
D. COSTA, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DAVIDSON, DiGIROLAMO, DOWLING,
DRISCOLL, DUSH, FEE, GABLER, GILLEN, PHILLIPS-HILL, KINSEY,
LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MARSICO, McCLINTON, McNEILL, MILLARD,
MILNE, MOUL, MURT, NEILSON, PASHINSKI, PEIFER, PICKETT,
READSHAW, SAYLOR, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY, STAATS, WARD, WATSON,
ZIMMERMAN AND ROZZI, APRIL 17, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
APRIL 17, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of June 1 through 7, 2017, as "Automated
External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, AED is the acronym for automated external
defibrillator; and
WHEREAS, AEDs are portable medical devices that use
electrodes to automatically analyze and detect cardiac
arrhythmia of sudden cardiac arrest patients; and
WHEREAS, AEDs are able to produce an electric shock which
stops the heart and allows it to return to a normal rhythm, a
process called defibrillation; and
WHEREAS, AEDs are used in the event of a sudden cardiac
arrest, a condition in which the heart suddenly stops pumping
blood and quivers erratically; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 360,000 cases of sudden cardiac arrest
occur yearly, typically without any warning signs; and
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WHEREAS, An individual has approximately a 5% chance of
surviving an incident of cardiac arrest, which decreases 7% to
10% with every minute that passes after an individual's heart
stops beating; and
WHEREAS, Having an AED readily available allows an individual
more time to grab the AED and return to the victim within 90
seconds; and
WHEREAS, Given that an individual's chances of surviving a
sudden cardiac arrest decrease so rapidly, it is important that
AEDs are readily available; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
week of June 1 through 7, 2017, as "Automated External
Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
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