PRINTER'S NO. 2884
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
700
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY MURT, BAKER, BOBACK, COHEN, D. COSTA, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, DUSH, GILLEN, HEFFLEY,
HENNESSEY, KAVULICH, KIM, KINSEY, KIRKLAND, LONGIETTI,
MAHONEY, MAJOR, MARSICO, MILLARD, MILNE, READSHAW, ROSS,
ROZZI, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY, THOMAS, TOOHIL, VEREB, WATSON,
WHEELAND, BRADFORD AND MATZIE, FEBRUARY 24, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 24, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2016 as "Deep Vein Thrombosis
Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Deep vein thrombosis is a condition that occurs when
a blood clot forms in one of the large veins, which may result
in a fatal pulmonary embolism; and
WHEREAS, Deep vein thrombosis is a serious but preventable
medical condition; and
WHEREAS, Deep vein thrombosis occurs in approximately 2
million Americans each year; and
WHEREAS, Fatal pulmonary embolism causes more deaths each
year than breast cancer and AIDS combined; and
WHEREAS, Complications from deep vein thrombosis take up to
300,000 American lives each year; and
WHEREAS, Fatal pulmonary embolism may be the most common
preventable cause of hospital death in the United States; and
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