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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, Each year sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives
3 of more than 250,000 Americans before they reach a hospital; it
4 strikes people of all levels of fitness, and it usually strikes
5 without warning; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Most often, sudden cardiac arrest is caused by an
7 abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation that
8 prevents the heart from pumping blood; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The treatment for ventricular fibrillation is
10 defibrillation, which is the delivery of an electric shock to
11 the heart that stops ventricular fibrillation and allows a
12 normal heart rhythm to resume; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Providing defibrillation on-site with an
14 Automated External Defibrillator (AED) can significantly
15 increase survival rates for ventricular fibrillation cardiac
16 arrest; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The American Heart Association is a national
18 voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability
19 and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and it is
20 dedicated to helping businesses and communities establish
21 on-site AED programs; and
 
22     WHEREAS, The American Heart Association and its volunteers
23 have assisted in the establishment of AED programs at the
24 Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate by
25 providing life-saving CPR and AED training for General Assembly
26 employees in 2004 and again in 2005; therefore, be it
 
27     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
28 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
29 we commend the American Heart Association for its efforts to

 

 

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1 save lives through education and training, and we thank the
2 American Heart Association and its volunteers for providing CPR
3 and AED training for General Assembly employees; and be it
4 further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the Greater Midwest Affiliate of the American
7 Heart Association as an expression of our gratitude for its
8 role in providing heart-health education and life-saving
9 training.