PRINTER'S NO. 448
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
26
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, VULAKOVICH, HAYWOOD, DINNIMAN, WOZNIAK,
GREENLEAF, ARGALL, BREWSTER, KITCHEN, TEPLITZ, FONTANA,
EICHELBERGER, PILEGGI, ALLOWAY, COSTA, YAW, SCHWANK, SMITH
AND FARNESE, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, FEBRUARY 17, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of February 22 through 28, 2015, as
"Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Awareness Week" in
Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, The word AED is an acronym for the automated
external defibrillator; and
WHEREAS, AEDs are portable medical devices that use
electrodes to automatically analyze and detect cardiac
arrhythmia in patients who experience sudden cardiac arrest; 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
WHEREAS, About 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
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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 Senate designate the week of February 22
through 28, 2015, as "Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.
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