PRINTER'S NO. 1167
No. 168 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, KITCHEN, THOMPSON, BOSCOLA, ROBBINS,
STOUT, BROWNE, TARTAGLIONE, PIPPY, KASUNIC, BRIGHTBILL,
MELLOW, CONTI, COSTA, GREENLEAF, LOGAN, RAFFERTY, FONTANA,
PICCOLA, LAVALLE, PILEGGI, WAUGH, LEMMOND, WENGER, O'PAKE,
ORIE, ERICKSON, D. WHITE, EARLL, C. WILLIAMS, ARMSTRONG,
RHOADES, M. WHITE, WONDERLING AND STACK, SEPTEMBER 28, 2005
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, SEPTEMBER 28, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of October 23 through 29, 2005, as
2 "Respiratory Care Week" in Pennsylvania and commending
3 respiratory therapists for their outstanding contributions to
4 health care.
5 WHEREAS, "National Respiratory Care Week 2005" will be
6 observed October 23 through 29, 2005, nationwide; and
7 WHEREAS, This observance celebrates the contribution that
8 respiratory therapists make to our nation's health care system;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, Respiratory therapists are the only allied health
11 practitioners specifically trained to assist physicians in the
12 care of respiratory patients; and
13 WHEREAS, In hospitals across Pennsylvania, respiratory
14 therapists assist with diagnostic procedures, administer oxygen
15 and breathing treatments, conduct pulmonary therapy, teach home
16 care to patients and family members and provide acute care for
17 patients on respirators; therefore be it
1 RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of October 23
2 through 29, 2005, as "Respiratory Care Week" in Pennsylvania.
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