PRINTER'S NO. 1453
No. 190 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY GORDNER, SCARNATI, ROBBINS, TARTAGLIONE, ERICKSON, KASUNIC, COSTA, RAFFERTY, PIPPY, ORIE, M. WHITE, D. WHITE, BAKER, WONDERLING, FONTANA, EARLL, C. WILLIAMS, FOLMER, KITCHEN, PUNT, STOUT, WASHINGTON, LAVALLE, O'PAKE, REGOLA AND ARMSTRONG, OCTOBER 15, 2007
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, OCTOBER 15, 2007
A RESOLUTION 1 Designating the week of October 21 through 27, 2007, as 2 "Respiratory Care Week" in Pennsylvania and commending 3 respiratory therapists for their outstanding contributions to 4 health care. 5 WHEREAS, "National Respiratory Care Week 2007" will be 6 observed October 21 through 27, 2007, nationwide; and 7 WHEREAS, This year will be the 26th anniversary of 8 "Respiratory Care Week" in the United States; and 9 WHEREAS, This observance celebrates the contribution that 10 respiratory therapists make to our nation's health care system; 11 and 12 WHEREAS, Respiratory therapists are the only allied health 13 practitioners specifically trained to assist physicians in the 14 care of respiratory patients; and 15 WHEREAS, In hospitals across Pennsylvania, respiratory 16 therapists assist with diagnostic procedures, administer oxygen 17 and breathing treatments, conduct pulmonary therapy, teach home
1 care to patients and family members and provide acute care for 2 patients on respirators; therefore be it 3 RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the week of October 21 4 through 27, 2007, as "Respiratory Care Week" in Pennsylvania. I27L82RZ/20070S0190R1453 - 2 -