PRINTER'S NO. 3491

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

No.

903

Session of

2018

INTRODUCED BY WHITE, PICKETT, TALLMAN, HENNESSEY, QUIGLEY,

READSHAW, CHARLTON, KINSEY, BOBACK, MILLARD, GILLESPIE, RYAN,

TOOHIL, LONGIETTI, NEILSON, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DAVIS, DUSH,

Designating May 23, 2018, as "Emergency Medical Services for

Children Day" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, More than 30 million children receive emergency

medical care each year due to illness or injury; and

WHEREAS, The needs of children are different than the needs

of adults in medical emergencies; and

WHEREAS, The goal of Emergency Medical Services for Children

is to help states and communities prepare for a

medical/traumatic emergency involving a child through the

provision of properly trained emergency personnel, sufficiently

reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe

illness or injury; and

WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Services for Children, the tens of

thousands of EMS providers and acute care professionals it

services and the more than 25 professional organizations in

which it partners are committed to improving the quality of

emergency care children receive; and

WHEREAS, It is proper and timely to bring recognition to the

value and accomplishments of Emergency Medical Service for

Children and the dedicated men and women who work tirelessly to