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3 | 3 | | 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, Over 100 million operations and procedures are |
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5 | 5 | | 3 performed every year with anesthesia, and physician |
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6 | 6 | | 4 anesthesiologists play a critical role, before, during, and |
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7 | 7 | | 5 after procedures, making patient safety their top priority; |
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8 | 8 | | 6 and |
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9 | 9 | | 7 WHEREAS, Anesthesia is safer than ever before, but there |
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10 | 10 | | 8 is always potential for complications and side effects; |
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11 | 11 | | 9 physician anesthesiologists have the training and expertise to |
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12 | 12 | | 10 help minimize risks, monitor for any problems, and take quick |
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13 | 13 | | 11 action; and |
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14 | 14 | | 12 WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are required to |
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15 | 15 | | 13 complete 12 or more years of post-secondary education, at |
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16 | 16 | | 14 least 12,000 hours of clinical training, and additional months |
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17 | 17 | | 15 of training in intensive care and subspecialty units; and |
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18 | 18 | | 16 WHEREAS, When seconds count and when emergencies or |
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19 | 19 | | 17 complications occur unexpectedly, physician anesthesiologists |
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20 | 20 | | 18 draw on their extensive medical education and years of |
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21 | 21 | | 19 clinical training and experience to make critical decisions |
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22 | 22 | | 20 that save lives; and |
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23 | 23 | | 21 WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are committed to high |
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32 | 32 | | 1 quality and safe patient care and to educating patients to |
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33 | 33 | | 2 make their anesthesia even safer, to reduce risk of |
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34 | 34 | | 3 complication, and to improve recovery from surgery; and |
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35 | 35 | | 4 WHEREAS, Physician anesthesiologists are recognized |
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36 | 36 | | 5 leaders uniquely suited to prevent opioid abuse and misuse by |
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37 | 37 | | 6 employing opioid-minimizing techniques while ensuring patients |
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38 | 38 | | 7 have access to appropriate pain treatments; therefore, be it |
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39 | 39 | | 8 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
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40 | 40 | | 9 HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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41 | 41 | | 10 we declare January 28 through February 3, 2024 as Physician |
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42 | 42 | | 11 Anesthesiologists Week in the State of Illinois and ask all |
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43 | 43 | | 12 citizens to join us in recognizing physician |
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44 | 44 | | 13 anesthesiologists, who have developed the techniques and |
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45 | 45 | | 14 protocols that have greatly improved the safety of |
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46 | 46 | | 15 anesthesiology and the well-being of surgical patients each |
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47 | 47 | | 16 day; and be it further |
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