PRINTER'S NO. 1772
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
364
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, COSTA, AUMENT, BAKER, BLAKE, BOSCOLA,
BREWSTER, BROOKS, BROWNE, DINNIMAN, FARNESE, FOLMER, FONTANA,
GREENLEAF, HUGHES, KILLION, LANGERHOLC, MARTIN, MENSCH,
RAFFERTY, SABATINA, SCAVELLO, SCHWANK, TARTAGLIONE, WHITE AND
YUDICHAK, MAY 21, 2018
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 21, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating May 23, 2018, as "Emergency Medical Services for
Children Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, More than 30 million children receive emergency
medical care each year due to illness or injury; and
WHEREAS, The needs of children are different than the needs
of adults in medical emergencies; and
WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Services for Children is a health
initiative with the goal of helping states and communities
prepare for a medical or traumatic emergency involving a child
through the provision of properly trained emergency personnel,
sufficiently equipped ambulances, pediatric-ready emergency
departments and well-defined pediatric treatment protocols and
procedures; and
WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Services for Children relies on
its established partnership within the emergency medical
services (EMS) community, as well as physicians and nurses who
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provide pediatric emergency care, to help states and communities
reduce child and youth disability and death due to severe
illness or injury; and
WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Services for Children, the tens of
thousands of EMS providers and acute care professionals it
serves and the more than 25 professional organizations with
which it partners are committed to improving the quality of
emergency care children receive; and
WHEREAS, It is proper and timely to bring recognition to the
value and accomplishments of Emergency Medical Services for
Children and the dedicated men and women who work tirelessly to
improve the quality of pediatric medical care; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate May 23, 2018, as
"Emergency Medical Services for Children Day" in Pennsylvania.
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