Full Text of SR0078 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Burn injuries continue to be one of the leading | 3 | | causes of accidental death and injury in our nation; | 4 | | tragically, children, the elderly, and the disabled are | 5 | | especially vulnerable to burn injuries, and almost one-third of | 6 | | all burn injuries occur in children under the age of 15; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Annually, in the United States, approximately | 8 | | 486,000 people receive medical care for treatment of burn | 9 | | injuries; in 2016 alone, there were 3,280 deaths from fire and | 10 | | smoke inhalation, and another 40,000 people were treated in | 11 | | hospitals for burn related injuries; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Children under five are 2.4 times as likely as the | 13 | | general population to suffer burn injuries that require | 14 | | emergency medical treatment, and young adults ages 20-29 have a | 15 | | probability of burn injury that is roughly 1.5 times the risk | 16 | | of the general population; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, The primary causes of injury include fire-flame, | 18 | | scalds, electrical, and chemicals; most of the injuries occur | 19 | | in the home; today, 96.8% of those who suffer burn injuries | 20 | | will survive; unfortunately, many of those survivors will | 21 | | sustain serious scarring, life-long physical disabilities, and | 22 | | adjustment difficulties; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, National Burn Awareness Week, an initiative of the | 2 | | American Burn Association, is a coming together of burn, fire, | 3 | | and life safety educators to make the public aware of the | 4 | | frequency, devastation, and causes of burn injury, to offer | 5 | | consistent and authoritative measures to prevent these | 6 | | injuries, and to detail how to best care for those that are | 7 | | injured; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Significant research and medical advances have | 9 | | dramatically improved burn care and treatment, aided | 10 | | rehabilitation, shortened hospital stays, and increased burn | 11 | | survival rates; aftercare support for the physical and | 12 | | emotional effects of burns has also played a key role in the | 13 | | successful reintegration of burn survivors into our | 14 | | communities; furthermore, burn safety education and prevention | 15 | | efforts continue to reduce the number of people who suffer | 16 | | burns each year; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Many people devote their lives and careers to | 18 | | treating, caring for, supporting, and rehabilitating burn | 19 | | injury survivors, including those performing vital work in burn | 20 | | research and development; there are dedicated fire fighters who | 21 | | risk their own lives every day to protect others, as well as | 22 | | burn foundations and other life safety professionals who | 23 | | promote burn injury awareness and prevention; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we declare February | 3 | | 3-9, 2019 as Burn Awareness Week in the State of Illinois; and | 4 | | be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the American Burn Association as a symbol of our | 7 | | respect and esteem.
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