BILL NUMBER: SCR 32	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2009
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 26, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Strickland
   (Coauthor: Senator Runner)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chesbro, Niello, Silva, and Audra
Strickland)

                        APRIL 15, 2009

   Relative to emergency medical services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 32, Strickland. Emergency Medical Services Week.
   This measure would declare the week of May 17 to 23, 2009, to be
Emergency Medical Services Week in California in recognition of all
persons engaged in emergency medical services activities and would
encourage all Californians to observe this week with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities.



   WHEREAS, Each year residents of, and visitors to, California
require emergency medical care for traumatic injuries, burns,
poisonings, spinal cord injuries, heart attacks, and other critical
medical emergencies; and
   WHEREAS, Emergency medical care personnel, including, but not
limited to, emergency medical dispatchers, first responders,
emergency medical technicians, emergency medical
technician-defibrillators, paramedics, nurses, physicians,
firefighters, educators, and administrators, whether volunteers or
paid personnel, give selflessly of themselves for the welfare of
others; and
   WHEREAS, The citizens of California benefit from the knowledge,
skills, and dedication of these emergency medical services (EMS)
specialists, as they work together to ensure prompt and appropriate
treatment at the scene of the medical emergency, on the way to the
hospital, and in the emergency department; and
   WHEREAS, California has a wide range of emergency medical
providers, including, but not limited to, local first responder
units, first aid and rescue squads, ambulance services, mobile
intensive care programs, an air EMS response program, specialty burn
care, a poison information and education center, designated trauma
centers, and other vital services that have the potential to save
lives and reduce disabilities for the critically ill or injured in
our community; and
   WHEREAS, Advances in emergency medical care have increased the
number of lives saved every year in California; and
   WHEREAS, It is important for the citizens of California to know
about our EMS system, including what to do and who to call in a
medical emergency, and to benefit from reminders about ways to
prevent emergencies from occurring; and
   WHEREAS, California desires to continue to improve its EMS system
in order to assure all citizens the highest standards of emergency
medical care; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares the week of May 17
to 23, 2009, to be Emergency Medical Services Week in California in
recognition of all persons engaged in EMS activities and encourages
all Californians to observe this week with appropriate programs,
ceremonies, and activities; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.