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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, When a person is losing blood, every minute 
3counts, and the Stop the Bleed campaign of
the American College 
4of Surgeons is informing Americans about vital measures to aid 
5trauma victims; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, The initiative was created in the wake of the 2012 
7mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary
School; the American 
8College of Surgeons convened senior health care and public 
9safety leaders to
produce a program that will improve survival 
10for victims suffering from bleeding injuries, and their
review 
11led to the development of the Stop the Bleed campaign; and
  
 
  
12    WHEREAS, Because a trauma victim can bleed to death within 
13five minutes, before professional
emergency care arrives, the 
14program teaches citizens bleeding-control methods developed by 
15the
military and first responders to help citizens become 
16immediate responders; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Nearly 45 million Americans lack access to an 
18appropriate trauma center within one hour of
being injured; 
19ensuring access to trauma care requires many crucial components 
20and steps must be taken to ensure that our trauma centers, 
21trauma medical staff, and first
responders have the resources 
22and skills they need to ensure the best possible chance of 
 
 
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1survival for the
injured patient; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Stop the Bleed also provides kits that include 
3such tools as tourniquets, dressings, and
topical hemostatic 
4agents to help bystanders offer swift assistance at the scene 
5of a mass casualty or
other incident; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, These trauma kits can be affixed to walls in 
7public places, much like the cardiac defibrillators
with which 
8most modern buildings are furnished; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, The Stop the Bleed campaign is empowering citizens 
10across the country to save lives in
situations when time is of 
11the absolute essence; and
 
12    WHEREAS, May 23rd has been designated as the
National Stop 
13the Bleed Day by the American College of Surgeons Committee on 
14Trauma; therefore, be
it
  
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
16HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
17we recognize the Stop the Bleed campaign and encourage
all 
18citizens to participate in the initiative and learn more about 
19the importance of bleeding control
measures; and be it further
  
 
20    RESOLVED, That we declare May 23, 2019 as "Stop the Bleed 
 
 
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1Day" in the State of Illinois.