Bill Text: PA SR22 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Recognizing the month of February 2011 as "American Heart Month" in Pennsylvania and urging all citizens to recognize the critical importance of using correct medical tools and making healthy lifestyle choices that will increase survival rates from cardiac arrest so that thousands of lives can be saved each year.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 20-12)

Status: (Passed) 2011-01-25 - Introduced and adopted [SR22 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR22-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 225
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 22 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY ORIE, SCARNATI, PILEGGI, YAW, KASUNIC, KITCHEN, FONTANA, TARTAGLIONE, ROBBINS, M. WHITE, BAKER, GORDNER, MENSCH, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, D. WHITE, WARD, COSTA, BREWSTER, ALLOWAY, DINNIMAN, GREENLEAF, PIPPY, BOSCOLA, McILHINNEY, ARGALL AND LEACH, JANUARY 25, 2011
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 25, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the month of February 2011 as "American Heart Month"
in Pennsylvania and urging all citizens to recognize the
critical importance of using correct medical tools and making
healthy lifestyle choices that will increase survival rates
from cardiac arrest so that thousands of lives can be saved
each year.
WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease is the nation's leading cause
of death, with direct and indirect costs estimated to be $503.2
billion in 2010; and
WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease accounts for more than 34% of
all deaths nationwide; and
WHEREAS, Nearly 2,300 Americans die of cardiovascular disease
each day, an average of one death every 38 seconds; and
WHEREAS, An estimated 785,000 people in the United States
will have a new coronary attack, an estimated 470,000 people
nationwide will have a recurrent attack and an additional
195,000 "silent" coronary attacks will go undiagnosed this year;
and
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WHEREAS, Each year, 53% of all deaths due to cardiovascular
complications and 61% of stroke deaths occur in females; and
WHEREAS, More women die of heart disease, stroke and all
other cardiovascular diseases than the next five leading causes
of death combined, including cancer; and
WHEREAS, More than 90% of primary care physicians do not know
that heart disease kills more women each year than men; and
WHEREAS, Women are less likely than men to receive certain
diagnostic testing and treatments, such as angioplasties and
stents, for cardiovascular diseases; and
WHEREAS, Drug and medical device effectiveness may differ in
women and men, yet doctors and researchers often do not know how
safe and effective a particular medicine or device is for women;
and
WHEREAS, The research is clear that there are tools available
to increase survival rates from cardiovascular disease; and
WHEREAS, The American Heart Association's 2020 impact goal
seeks to improve the cardiovascular health of Americans by 20%
while reducing deaths from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by
20% through research, population and community-level
interventions and public health and policy measures; and
WHEREAS, Efforts of the American Heart Association encourage
citizens to help save lives by calling 911 if symptoms occur,
become trained in CPR and encourage comprehensive automated
external defibrillator programs in their communities; and
WHEREAS, Making the right choices relating to proper
nutrition, physician activity, doctor visits and other lifestyle
methods is essential to living a heart-healthy life; and
WHEREAS, The American Heart Association is celebrating
February 2011 as "American Heart Month" and promoting education
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and awareness by encouraging citizens to learn the warning signs
of heart attack and stroke; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate, in recognition of the importance
of the ongoing fight against heart disease, recognize February
2011 as "American Heart Month" in Pennsylvania and urge all
citizens to recognize the critical importance of using correct
medical tools and making healthy lifestyle choices that will
increase survival rates from cardiac arrest so that thousands of
lives can be saved each year.
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