HR 147 — A Resolution designating May 21, 2025, as "Emergency Medical Services for Children Day" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   1158

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 147
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY GILLEN, VENKAT, McNEILL, REICHARD AND ZIMMERMAN,
        MARCH 26, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
        PREPAREDNESS, MARCH 26, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating May 21, 2025, as "Emergency Medical Services for
 2      Children Day" in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Millions of children receive emergency medical care
 4   each year due to illness or injury; and
 5      WHEREAS, The needs of children are different than the needs
 6   of adults in medical emergencies; and
 7      WHEREAS, The Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC)
 8   Program is a Federal Government health initiative to treat
 9   infants, children and teens seeking emergency medical care; and
10      WHEREAS, The goal of the EMSC Program is to help states and
11   communities prepare for an emergency involving a child through
12   the provision of pediatric-ready emergency departments and
13   emergency medical services (EMS) agencies; and
14      WHEREAS, The EMSC Program supports research and improvement
15   science to drive transformation of emergency care systems; and
16      WHEREAS, The EMSC Program relies on its established
17   partnership within the EMS community, as well as
 1   multidisciplinary teams of health care providers across the
 2   emergency care continuum, to help states and communities reduce
 3   child and youth disability and death due to severe illness or
 4   injury; and
 5      WHEREAS, The EMSC Program, the tens of thousands of
 6   prehospital and hospital-based clinicians and families it serves
 7   and the professional organizations and Federal agencies with
 8   which it partners are committed to ensuring the delivery of
 9   high-quality emergency care for children; and
10      WHEREAS, It is proper and timely to bring recognition to the
11   value and accomplishments of the EMSC Program and the dedicated
12   personnel who work tirelessly to improve the delivery of
13   pediatric care across emergency care systems; therefore be it
14      RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate May 21,
15   2025, as "Emergency Medical Services for Children Day" in
16   Pennsylvania.




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