PENNSYLVANIA, June 21 - PRINTER'S NO. 934

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION

No.

145

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY SCAVELLO, J. WARD, ARGALL, BOSCOLA, KEARNEY,

BROOKS, HUGHES, BARTOLOTTA, COSTA, PHILLIPS-HILL, COMITTA,

FONTANA, MUTH, CAPPELLETTI, YUDICHAK AND MARTIN,

JUNE 21, 2021

REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 21, 2021

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the week of June 1 through 7, 2021, as

"Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External

Defibrillator Awareness Week" in Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is one of the leading

causes of death in the United States, affecting more than

350,000 individuals of every age each year; and

WHEREAS, SCA is an electrical malfunction in the heart that

causes an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, and disrupts the

flow of blood to the brain, the heart and the rest of the body;

and

WHEREAS, When an individual has SCA, the individual's heart

can suddenly and unexpectedly stop beating; and

WHEREAS, Survival of SCA depends upon immediate bystander

intervention, including calling 911 and beginning hands-only

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or treating the victim with

an automated external defibrillator (AED), if available; and

WHEREAS, CPR is a lifesaving technique that can be performed

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