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.
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