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LC004058 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
CELEBRATING THE 10TH ANNUAL "PHYSICIAN ANESTHESIOLOGISTS WEEK" ON | |
JANUARY 28TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 3, 2024, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senators Gu, Valverde, and Miller | |
Date Introduced: January 23, 2024 | |
Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar | |
1 | WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are guardians of patient safety in health care, in |
2 | the operating room, in the delivery room, in the intensive care unit, in pain management clinics, |
3 | and at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); and |
4 | WHEREAS, The twelve to fourteen years of education and 12,000 to 16,000 hours of |
5 | training that physician anesthesiologists receive, prepares them to navigate life-and-death |
6 | moments and helps ensure patients receive the highest quality care; and |
7 | WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists were made for the difficult task of playing a |
8 | critical role in keeping patients safe in this State and our communities by managing a crisis during |
9 | surgery or labor and delivery, or providing pain management; and |
10 | WHEREAS, The Anesthesia Care Team model, led by physician anesthesiologists, is |
11 | widely recognized as the gold standard of care and is used in all of the nation’s top hospitals and |
12 | in the Veterans Administration to protect patients and the nine million Veterans who have served |
13 | our country; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are recognized leaders who are committed to |
15 | high quality and safe patient care, educating patients on anesthesia safety and reducing risks of |
16 | complications before, during, and after surgery; now, therefore be it |
17 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby celebrates the 10th |
18 | annual "Physician Anesthesiologists Week" on January 28th through February 3rd, 2024, and |
19 | urges all citizens to join in recognizing physician anesthesiologists, who serve as critical care |
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1 | specialists and work to greatly improve the safety of anesthesia and the well-being of surgical |
2 | patients, Veterans, and chronic pain patients each and every day; and be it further |
3 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
4 | transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to The American Society of Anesthesiologists. |
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