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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Each year sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives |
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| of more than 250,000 Americans before they reach a hospital; it |
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| strikes people of all levels of fitness, and it usually strikes |
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| without warning; and
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| WHEREAS, Most often, sudden cardiac arrest is caused by an |
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| abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation that |
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| prevents the heart from pumping blood; and
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| WHEREAS, The treatment for ventricular fibrillation is |
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| defibrillation, which is the delivery of an electric shock to |
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| the heart that stops ventricular fibrillation and allows a |
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| normal heart rhythm to resume; and
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| WHEREAS, Providing defibrillation on-site with an |
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| Automated External Defibrillator (AED) can significantly |
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| increase survival rates for ventricular fibrillation cardiac |
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| arrest; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Heart Association is a national |
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| voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability |
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| and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and it is |
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| dedicated to helping businesses and communities establish |
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| on-site AED programs; and
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| WHEREAS, The American Heart Association and its volunteers |
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| have assisted in the establishment of AED programs at the |
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| Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate by |
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| providing life-saving CPR and AED training for General Assembly |
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| employees in 2004, 2005, and 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, JR Dietl, Mark Goerger, Dale Huwer, Chris Reavis, |
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| Jacintha "Cindy" Robinson, Stanley Robinson, Kari Thevenot, |
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| and Karen Thomas were the American Heart Association volunteer |
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| instructors for the 2007 General Assembly employee training |
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| session; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| commend the American Heart Association for its efforts to save |
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| lives through education and training, and we thank the American |
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| Heart Association and its volunteers for providing CPR and AED |
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| training for General Assembly employees; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the Greater Midwest Affiliate of the American |
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| Heart Association as an expression of our gratitude for its |
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| role in providing heart-health education and life-saving |
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| training.
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