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| 2023 -- S 1103 Enacted 06/08/2023 |
| S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
| PROCLAIMING JUNE 1-7, 2023, TO BE "NATIONAL CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR WEEK" IN RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Senators Paolino, Rogers, E Morgan, DeLuca, Bell, Raptakis, Murray, Lauria, Quezada, and Tikoian |
| Date Introduced: June 08, 2023 |
| WHEREAS, Heart Disease is the leading cause of death in the United States for men, |
| women, and most racial and ethnic groups; and |
| WHEREAS, In the United States, a person dies every 33 seconds of a heart attack and |
| someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds; and |
| WHEREAS, Approximately 695,000 people in the United States died in 2021 from heart |
| disease, which represents one out of every five deaths occurring that year; and |
| WHEREAS, Annually, approximately 805,000 people in the United States suffer a heart |
| attack, with one in five of these incidents being silent heart attacks; and |
| WHEREAS, About one in twenty Americans have Coronary Artery Disease; and |
| WHEREAS, From 2018 to 2019, heart disease cost the United States approximately |
| $239.9 billion due to the cost of health care services, medicines, and loss of productivity; and |
| WHEREAS, Approximately 70 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in homes; |
| and |
| WHEREAS, In response to the heart disease crisis in the United States, the American |
| Heart Association, American Red Cross and the National Safety Council worked together to |
| create National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness |
| Week, which the United States Congress unanimously passed on December 13, 2007; and |
| WHEREAS, The purpose of National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated |
| External Defibrillator Week is to spotlight that more lives can be saved if more Americans learn |
| CPR and how to use an AED, better known as a defibrillator. Quite often, the person you save |
| will be a loved one; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby proclaims June 1 to 7 |
| of 2023, to be "National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator |
| Week"; and be it further |
| RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
| transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to the American Heart Association. |
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