PRINTER'S NO. 3615
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
965
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN, BIZZARRO, BURNS, CALTAGIRONE,
DiGIROLAMO, DUSH, EVERETT, FEE, HAHN, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS,
JAMES, LONGIETTI, MACKENZIE, MILLARD, MURT, NEILSON, O'NEILL,
PEIFER, SCHLOSSBERG, SONNEY, STURLA, TOOHIL, WARD AND
MARSICO, JUNE 6, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 6, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of June 1 through 7, 2018, 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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