PRINTER'S NO. 4536
No. 940 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY YUDICHAK, GRUCELA, SOLOBAY, READSHAW, SAINATO,
BAKER, QUINN, MANN, DiGIROLAMO, COHEN, BEYER, STERN,
FABRIZIO, FLECK, JAMES, KIRKLAND, CALTAGIRONE, GOODMAN, HESS,
MUSTIO, D. O'BRIEN, ROHRER, WOJNAROSKI, VULAKOVICH, SWANGER,
MAHONEY, CREIGHTON, FRANKEL, BIANCUCCI, HELM, GIBBONS,
SIPTROTH, GEORGE, GEIST, ROCK, MARSICO, MANTZ, WATERS,
REICHLEY, PHILLIPS, SANTONI, DONATUCCI, GINGRICH, HARRIS,
MAJOR, STABACK, NAILOR, MILLARD, MOUL, PALLONE, M. O'BRIEN,
MOYER, MARKOSEK, HERSHEY, ROSS, DePASQUALE, MYERS, KULA,
HENNESSEY, O'NEILL, SONNEY, MURT AND K. SMITH,
OCTOBER 15, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 15, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of October 19 through 25, 2008, as
2 "Respiratory Care Week" in Pennsylvania and commending
3 respiratory therapists for their outstanding contributions to
4 health care.
5 WHEREAS, "National Respiratory Care Week" will be observed
6 October 19 through 25, 2008, nationwide; and
7 WHEREAS, This observance celebrates the contribution that
8 respiratory therapists make to our nation's health care system;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, Respiratory therapists are the only allied health
11 practitioners specifically trained to assist physicians in the
12 care of respiratory patients; and
13 WHEREAS, Across Pennsylvania, respiratory therapists assist
14 with diagnostic procedures, administer oxygen and breathing
1 treatments, conduct pulmonary therapy, teach home care to
2 patients and family members and provide acute care for patients
3 on respirators; therefore be it
4 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
5 week of October 19 through 25, 2008, as "Respiratory Care Week"
6 in Pennsylvania; and be it further
7 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives commend all
8 respiratory therapists for their outstanding contributions to
9 health care.
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