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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), paramedics,
3and other first responders may be exposed to unforeseen
4dangers when rendering medical assistance or crisis
5intervention; and
 
6    WHEREAS, These dangers may include rendering medical aid
7in the presence of hidden weapons to perpetrators of crime, to
8suspects attempting to elude police, or to patients confused
9or experiencing an altered state of consciousness; and
 
10    WHEREAS, First responders may render aid to patients under
11known or unknown conditions of medical trauma, shock, comas,
12hallucinations, emotional and psychological crisis,
13intoxication, or the influence of narcotics and other
14substances; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Emergency calls that begin as medical assistance
16or crisis intervention situations could either potentially
17evolve or suddenly transition into a very dangerous physical
18conflict, and these situations may include the presence of
19weapons, such as firearms, and may become violent, thereby
20endangering the lives of first responders, patients, and the
21public; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
2HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3we urge the Illinois Department of Public Health, the Illinois
4Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, the Illinois
5State Police, the State's fire departments and districts, the
6Office of the Statewide 9-1-1 Administrator, and all public
7safety agencies in the State to review policies and procedures
8pertaining to the potential dangers encountered by emergency
9medical technicians, paramedics, public safety
10telecommunicators, and other first responders involved in
11rendering medical assistance; and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That we urge that the training of first
13responders include policies and procedures that will improve
14situational awareness and the communications of EMTs, police,
15dispatch, and firefighters to best preserve their safety and
16the safety of patients and the public from these potentially
17dangerous situations; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That we urge that the training of first
19responders include procedures and policies to help identify
20such potentially dangerous situations, how to properly
21communicate a threat with dispatch, law enforcement, and other
22relevant responders, and the appropriate actions,
23disengagement, or response needed to de-escalate dangerous
24situations; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That we urge the State's public safety agencies
2to critique their response to past experiences of emergency
3medical responses that evolved into violent or potentially
4violent incidents and to include, in their culture and
5procedures, open discussions about such responses and the
6necessary training, policies, and procedures needed to
7appropriately address such events in the future; and be it
8further
 
9    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
10delivered to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and
11Standards Board, the Illinois Department of Public Health, the
12Illinois State Police, the Illinois EMS Association, the
13Illinois State Ambulance Association, the Office of the
14Illinois State Fire Marshal, and the Office of the Statewide
159-1-1 Administrator.