PRINTER'S NO. 2730
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
645
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN, BAKER, BARRAR, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, COHEN,
CORBIN, D. COSTA, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI,
DRISCOLL, DUSH, ELLIS, GIBBONS, GREINER, GROVE, HAHN,
A. HARRIS, HEFFLEY, HENNESSEY, PHILLIPS-HILL, KIM, KINSEY,
KIRKLAND, KNOWLES, KOTIK, LONGIETTI, MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON,
OBERLANDER, PAYNE, PEIFER, PICKETT, READSHAW, REGAN, ROZZI,
SANTORA, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY, THOMAS, TOOHIL, TOPPER, VEREB,
WARD, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, FARINA AND JOZWIAK,
JANUARY 21, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JANUARY 21, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of February 21 through 27, 2016, as
"Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The word AED is an acronym used as an abbreviation
for the 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 a 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, which is a condition in which the heart suddenly stops
pumping blood and quivers erratically; and
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WHEREAS, Approximately 360,000 cases of sudden cardiac arrest
occur yearly, typically without any warning signs; and
WHEREAS, A person currently has about a 5% chance of
surviving an incident of cardiac arrest, which decreases 7% to
10% with every minute that passes after a person's heart stops
beating; and
WHEREAS, Optimal AED placement allows a person to grab the
AED and return to the victim within 90 seconds; and
WHEREAS, Given that a person'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 February 21 through 27, 2016, as "Automated External
Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
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