 | RESOLUTION NO. 171 of 2006
DATED: May 23, 2006 | |
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING 'CPR IN SCHOOLS' - A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM THROUGH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION (YOUTH BUREAU)
| Resolution by Supervisor: | Full Board |
| | Seconded by: | |
WHEREAS, the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors has been extremely Supportive in the efforts of promoting and educating the residents of Montgomery County of a health life style, and
WHEREAS, according to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of deaths in the United States. Each year more than 950,000 Americans die from cardiovascular diseases, and
WHEREAS, the American Heart Association medical research has proven that irreversible damage can occur within minutes of cardiac arrest, and
WHEREAS, the use of CPR can help extend the time before irreversible damage occurs by artificially circulating oxygen to the brain, and
WHEREAS, according to American Heart Association, a heart attack victim has more than a 75% chance of survival if CPR and defibrillation is provided promptly, and
WHEREAS, teaching CPR techniques to high school students would dramatically increase the number of persons trained to administer CPR, and thus increase the number of lives saved in Montgomery County,
RESOLVED, that the entire Board of Supervisors, support the efforts of the Montgomery County Youth Bureau in conjunction with Eastern Medical Support, in launching “CPR IN SCHOOLS”, a nationally recognized program through the American Heart Association.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED with Aye(1868). (5/23/2006)
| cc: | County Clerk
County Treasurer
Youth Bureau
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| Voting Record | | Cechnicki | (D) | Yes | 66 | | DiMezza | (D) | Yes | 219 | | Dybas | (D) | Yes | 136 | | Greco | (R) | Yes | 139 | | Haak | (D) | Yes | 96 | | Johnson | (D) | Yes | 137 | | Jonker | (D) | Yes | 115 | | Mancini | (D) | Yes | 137 | | McMahon | (R) | Yes | 143 | | Paton | (R) | Yes | 147 | | Quackenbush | (R) | Yes | 158 | | Schumann | (D) | Yes | 139 | | Strevy | (R) | Yes | 103 | | Thomas | (R) | Yes | 84 | | Walters | (R) | Yes | 49 |
| | STATE OF NEW YORK County of Montgomery ss.:
This is to certify that I, the Undersigned, Clerk Of The Montgomery County Legislature, have compared the foregoing copy of resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office, and which was passed by the Montgomery County Legislature on the 23rd day of May, 2006, a majority of all the members elected to the Legislature voting in favor therof, and that the same is a correct and true transcript of such original resolution and of the whole thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand and the official seal of the Montgomery County Legislature this 24th day of May, 2006
| | Totals: | Aye: | 1868 | | Nay: | 0 | |
| | Abstained: | 0 | | Absent: | 0 |
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