PRINTER'S NO. 3470
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
812
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY BROWN, SONNEY, BURNS, PASHINSKI, KORTZ, SCHLEGEL
CULVER, ROTHMAN, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS, FEE, BROOKS,
DONATUCCI, KINSEY, MILLARD, HOWARD, LONGIETTI, RYAN,
BIZZARRO, SAPPEY, WILLIAMS, JAMES, STAATS, PEIFER, READSHAW,
PICKETT, FREEMAN, NEILSON, KIM, FARRY, GAYDOS, ZIMMERMAN AND
YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 13, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 13, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of June 1 through 7, 2020, as "Automated
External Defibrillator Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, AED is the acronym for 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 an electric 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, a condition in which the heart suddenly stops pumping
blood and quivers erratically; and
WHEREAS, Approximately 360,000 cases of sudden cardiac arrest
occur yearly, typically without any warning signs; and
WHEREAS, An individual has approximately a 5% chance of
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surviving an incident of cardiac arrest, which decreases 7% to
10% with every minute that passes after an individual's heart
stops beating; and
WHEREAS, Having an AED readily available increases the
likelihood that an individual can retrieve the AED and return to
the victim within 90 seconds; and
WHEREAS, Given that an individual'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 June 1 through 7, 2020, as "Automated External
Defibrillator Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
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