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PRINTER'S NO. 2131
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
485
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY WARD, ALLOWAY, STREET, GREENLEAF, DINNIMAN,
EICHELBERGER, BAKER, BREWSTER, FONTANA, MENSCH, BARTOLOTTA,
BROWNE, KILLION, RAFFERTY, WHITE, AUMENT, HUGHES, BLAKE,
FOLMER, SCHWANK AND COSTA, OCTOBER 17, 2018
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 17, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating the week of October 21 through 27, 2018, as
"Respiratory Care Week" in Pennsylvania and commending
respiratory therapists for their outstanding contributions to
health care.
WHEREAS, "National Respiratory Care Week" is being observed
October 21 through 27, 2018, nationwide; and
WHEREAS, This observance celebrates the contribution that
respiratory therapists make to our nation's health care system;
and
WHEREAS, Respiratory therapists are the only allied health
practitioners specifically trained to assist physicians in the
care of respiratory patients; and
WHEREAS, Across Pennsylvania, respiratory therapists assist
with diagnostic procedures, administer oxygen and breathing
treatments, conduct pulmonary therapy, teach home care to
patients and family members and provide acute care for patients
on ventilators; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of October 21
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through 27, 2018, as "Respiratory Care Week" in Pennsylvania;
and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Senate commend all respiratory therapists
for their outstanding contributions to health care.
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