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| 2025 -- H 5210 Enacted 01/28/2025 |
| H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N |
| CELEBRATING THE 11TH ANNUAL "PHYSICIAN ANESTHESIOLOGISTS WEEK" FROM JANUARY 29TH THROUGH FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Representatives Fogarty, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale, Hull, Handy, Cortvriend, Kislak, Shallcross Smith, and Knight |
| Date Introduced: January 28, 2025 |
| WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are guardians of patient safety in health care, in |
| the operating room, in the delivery room, in the intensive care unit, in pain management clinics, |
| and at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA); and |
| WHEREAS, The twelve to fourteen years of education and 12,000 to 16,000 hours of |
| training that physician anesthesiologists receive, prepares them to navigate life-and-death |
| moments and helps ensure patients receive the highest quality care; and |
| WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists have proved themselves capable of performing |
| the difficult task of playing a critical role in keeping patients safe in this State and our |
| communities by managing a crisis during surgery or labor and delivery, or providing pain |
| management; and |
| WHEREAS, The Anesthesia Care Team model, led by physician anesthesiologists, is |
| widely recognized as the gold standard of care and is used in all of the nation’s top hospitals and |
| in the Veterans Administration to protect patients and the nine million Veterans who have served |
| our country; and |
| WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are recognized leaders who are committed to |
| high quality and safe patient care, educating patients on anesthesia safety and reducing risks of |
| complications before, during, and after surgery; now, therefore be it |
| RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby |
| celebrates the 11th annual "Physician Anesthesiologists Week" from January 29th through |
| February 4th, 2025, and urges all citizens to join in recognizing physician anesthesiologists, who |
| serve as critical care specialists and work to greatly improve the safety of anesthesia and the well- |
| being of surgical patients, Veterans, and chronic pain patients each and every day; 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 Society of Anesthesiologists. |
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