PRINTER'S NO. 2014

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

431

Session of

2018

INTRODUCED BY EICHELBERGER, BARTOLOTTA, MARTIN, FONTANA,

GREENLEAF, DINNIMAN, BROWNE, HUTCHINSON, BREWSTER, SCAVELLO,

HUGHES, MENSCH, FOLMER, SCHWANK, VULAKOVICH, BAKER, KILLION,

WHEREAS, An estimated 1 out of every 50 people in the United

States has a brain aneurysm; and

WHEREAS, Brain aneurysms are most likely to occur in

individuals between 35 and 60 years of age and there are

typically no warning signs; and

WHEREAS, Brain aneurysms are more likely to occur in women

than in men by a three-to-two ratio; and

WHEREAS, Various risk factors can contribute to the formation

of a brain aneurysm, including smoking, hypertension and a

family history of brain aneurysms; and

ruptures and causes a subarachnoid hemorrhage; and

WHEREAS, A subarachnoid hemorrhage can lead to brain damage,

hydrocephalus, stroke and death; and

WHEREAS, Each year more than 30,000 individuals in the United

States suffer from ruptured brain aneurysms and 40% of these

individuals die as a result; and

WHEREAS, Annually, between 3,000 and 4,500 individuals in the

United States with ruptured brain aneurysms die before reaching

the hospital; and

WHEREAS, Early detection can save lives and a number of

prevent and treat brain aneurysms; and

WHEREAS, Brain aneurysm survivors, their families and

friends, along with families and friends who have lost a loved

one to a brain aneurysm, are working tirelessly across this

Commonwealth to raise funding for research studies; and

WHEREAS, The annual Pittsburgh Brain Aneurysm Awareness 5K

Walk/Run was established in 2013 as an additional resource for

those efforts; and

WHEREAS, The fifth annual Pittsburgh Brain Aneurysm Awareness

5K Walk/Run is being held at Pittsburgh's North Shore Riverfront