Full Text of HR1556 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On June 11, 2010, the City of Chicago held a | 3 | | Victory Parade and Championship Rally in downtown Chicago for | 4 | | the Chicago Blackhawks, who defeated the Philadelphia Flyers to | 5 | | become the 2010 National Hockey League Champions and winners of | 6 | | the Stanley Cup; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, On that date, approximately 2 million hockey fans | 8 | | flooded Chicago's downtown area to applaud the Chicago | 9 | | Blackhawks as the team's players, coaches, and family members | 10 | | marched from the United Center onto Michigan Avenue; the | 11 | | enthusiastic crowd roared with approval when, for the first | 12 | | time in nearly 50 years, the Stanley Cup was hoisted high in | 13 | | the air for all Chicagoans to see; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The spectacular victory celebration took place on | 15 | | an unseasonably hot and humid day; by day's end, the Chicago | 16 | | Fire Department had answered approximately 180 calls for | 17 | | service in the downtown area, mostly for heat-related issues; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Anticipating the many operational difficulties | 20 | | that might arise if a person succumbed to illness at an event | 21 | | of this magnitude, the Chicago Fire Department relied heavily | 22 | | on the well-tested ability of its Paramedic Bicycle Team to |
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| 1 | | maneuver quickly through a large crowd to assist those in need | 2 | | of emergency medical care until an ambulance arrived on the | 3 | | scene to transport the sick person to a nearby hospital; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, At approximately 11 A.M. on the day of the Victory | 5 | | Parade and Championship Rally, Paramedic-in-Charge Riki Kaelin | 6 | | and Firefighter/Paramedic Timothy Rottman of the Chicago Fire | 7 | | Department's Bicycle Team Number 1 received a call on their | 8 | | portable radio notifying them that a person on the east side of | 9 | | Michigan Avenue near Madison Avenue appeared to be having a | 10 | | heart attack; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, In less than one minute, Bicycle Team Number 1 | 12 | | arrived on the scene, where Paramedic-in-Charge Kaelin and | 13 | | Firefighter/Paramedic Rottman found a man sitting on a bench; | 14 | | weak and lethargic, the man was having extreme difficulty | 15 | | breathing; moments later, the man was completely unresponsive | 16 | | and had no palpable pulse; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Paramedic-in-Charge Kaelin and | 18 | | Firefighter/Paramedic Rottman immediately placed an automated | 19 | | external defibrillator on the man to check their patient's | 20 | | heart rhythm; the AED indicated that the man had an abnormally | 21 | | slow heart rhythm and that no shock treatment should be | 22 | | administered; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Armed with this information, Paramedic-in-Charge | 2 | | Kaelin and Firefighter/Paramedic Rottman ventilated their | 3 | | patient using a bag valve mask; within 4 minutes, the man's | 4 | | breathing and pulse were restored; shortly afterwards, he was | 5 | | transported by ambulance to an area hospital; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Due to the quick and astute action taken by | 7 | | Paramedic-in-Charge Riki Kaelin and Firefighter/Paramedic | 8 | | Timothy Rottman, their patient recovered and was eventually | 9 | | discharged from the hospital; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Meticulous preparation by a multitude of city | 11 | | departments working seamlessly together to ensure the public | 12 | | safety is required every time the City of Chicago hosts a | 13 | | large-scale event; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, The concerted efforts of Paramedic-in-Charge Riki | 15 | | Kaelin and Firefighter/Paramedic Timothy Rottman to keep | 16 | | people safe from harm contributed immeasurably to the success | 17 | | of the Blackhawks' Victory Parade and Championship Rally; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | applaud and thank Paramedic-in-Charge Riki Kaelin and | 22 | | Firefighter/Paramedic Timothy Rottman of the Chicago Fire |
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| 1 | | Department for their professionalism, dedication, and decisive | 2 | | action on behalf of the citizens of Chicago and wish them | 3 | | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 4 | | further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to Paramedic-in-Charge Riki Kaelin and | 7 | | Firefighter/Paramedic Timothy Rottman of the Chicago Fire | 8 | | Department as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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