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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Over 100 million operations and procedures are | ||||||
| 3 | performed every year with anesthesia, and physician | ||||||
| 4 | anesthesiologists play a critical role, before, during, and | ||||||
| 5 | after procedures, making patient safety their top priority; | ||||||
| 6 | and | ||||||
| 7 | WHEREAS, Anesthesia is safer than ever before, but there | ||||||
| 8 | is always potential for complications and side effects; | ||||||
| 9 | physician anesthesiologists have the training and expertise to | ||||||
| 10 | help minimize risks, monitor for any problems, and take quick | ||||||
| 11 | action; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are required to | ||||||
| 13 | complete 12 or more years of post-secondary education, at | ||||||
| 14 | least 12,000 hours of clinical training, and additional months | ||||||
| 15 | of training in intensive care and subspecialty units; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, When seconds count and when emergencies or | ||||||
| 17 | complications occur unexpectedly, physician anesthesiologists | ||||||
| 18 | draw on their extensive medical education and years of | ||||||
| 19 | clinical training and experience to make critical decisions | ||||||
| 20 | that save lives; and | ||||||
| 21 | WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are committed to high | ||||||
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| 1 | quality and safe patient care and to educating patients to | ||||||
| 2 | make their anesthesia even safer, to reduce risk of | ||||||
| 3 | complication, and to improve recovery from surgery; and | ||||||
| 4 | WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are recognized | ||||||
| 5 | leaders uniquely suited to prevent opioid abuse and misuse by | ||||||
| 6 | employing opioid-minimizing techniques while ensuring patients | ||||||
| 7 | have access to appropriate pain treatments; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we declare January 28 through February 3, 2024 as Physician | ||||||
| 11 | Anesthesiologists Week in the State of Illinois and ask all | ||||||
| 12 | citizens to join us in recognizing physician | ||||||
| 13 | anesthesiologists, who have developed the techniques and | ||||||
| 14 | protocols that have greatly improved the safety of | ||||||
| 15 | anesthesiology and the well-being of surgical patients each | ||||||
| 16 | day; and be it further | ||||||
| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists as a | ||||||
| 19 | symbol of our respect and esteem. | ||||||