PRINTER'S NO. 1883
No. 133 Session of 1990
INTRODUCED BY SALVATORE, ROCKS, JUBELIRER, SHAFFER, GREENLEAF,
BRIGHTBILL, HOPPER, REIBMAN, BELL, O'PAKE, HELFRICK, PECORA,
MUSTO, AFFLERBACH AND BELAN, JANUARY 30, 1990
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 30, 1990
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of February 4 through 10, 1990 as "Burn
2 Awareness Week."
3 WHEREAS, more than 3,000 victims of burn injury are admitted
4 to Pennsylvania hospitals each year, and thousand more are
5 treated from hospital emergency departments and physicians'
6 offices throughout this Commonwealth; and
7 WHEREAS, For those who experience severe burn injury, the
8 impact can be permanent and recovery for those who suffer lesser
9 effects can be slow and arduous; and
10 WHEREAS, This Commonwealth is blessed with a fine network of
11 six specialized burn centers which treat the 1,000 most severely
12 burned patients in Pennsylvania each year; and
13 WHEREAS, Burn care education is provided by personnel from
14 these centers who reach out to those in general hospitals,
15 ambulance companies, fire companies and community agencies to
16 prepare them to treat burn patients at many different stages of
17 their recovery; and
1 WHEREAS, Burn prevention programs are provided by fire safety
2 educators through group presentations, publications and media
3 messages, with the support of the Office of State Fire
4 Commissioner Jack Simon; and
5 WHEREAS, The print and broadcast media of this Commonwealth
6 have cooperated in presenting these messages to the public on a
7 year-round basis; therefore be it
8 RESOLVED, That the Senate of Pennsylvania, does hereby
9 designate the week of February 4 through 10, 1990, as "Burn
10 Awareness Week" in this Commonwealth and urges the citizens of
11 this Commonwealth to heed the messages of burn and fire safety,
12 and to support and cooperate with those throughout Pennsylvania
13 who are involved in burn treatment, burn care education and burn
14 prevention efforts.
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