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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 1847

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE RESOLUTION

No. 252 Session of 2008


        INTRODUCED BY RAFFERTY, FERLO, ORIE, PUNT, BRUBAKER,
           A. WILLIAMS, PILEGGI, ERICKSON, FONTANA, WOZNIAK, KASUNIC,
           ARMSTRONG, LOGAN, O'PAKE, TARTAGLIONE, BOSCOLA, KITCHEN,
           REGOLA, COSTA, D. WHITE, TOMLINSON, C. WILLIAMS, WAUGH,
           BAKER, WASHINGTON AND STACK, MARCH 18, 2008

        REFERRED TO VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS,
           MARCH 18, 2008

                                  A RESOLUTION

     1  Urging the citizens of this Commonwealth to participate in the
     2     In Case of Emergency campaign by entering information, under
     3     the acronym of ICE, into the memory of their cellular phones
     4     in order to assist medical and other emergency personnel in
     5     contacting designated persons in the case of an emergency.

     6     WHEREAS, Every year there are hundreds of thousands of
     7  emergency room patients who are unable to provide contact
     8  information because they are incapacitated; and
     9     WHEREAS, There are millions of cell phones in the United
    10  States, and they are accessories that most people have with them
    11  at all times; and
    12     WHEREAS, The addition of an emergency contact number in a
    13  person's cell phone memory under the heading ICE (In Case of
    14  Emergency) enables paramedics and police to contact designated
    15  persons or obtain medical information in an emergency; and
    16     WHEREAS, ICE is the brainchild of a British ambulance service
    17  paramedic, and the campaign for its use has rapidly spread


     1  throughout the world as a particular consequence of the
     2  terrorist attacks in London; and
     3     WHEREAS, In addition to medical history bracelets and
     4  identification cards, ICE is a resource for first responders and
     5  emergency professionals in the event of an emergency; therefore
     6  be it
     7     RESOLVED, That the Senate urge the citizens of this
     8  Commonwealth to participate in the In Case of Emergency campaign
     9  by entering information, under the acronym of ICE, into the
    10  memory of their cellular phones in order to assist medical and
    11  other emergency personnel in contacting designated persons in
    12  the case of an emergency.












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