1 | 1 | | *HC1023* |
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2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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3 | 3 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT |
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4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ____ |
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5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION |
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6 | 6 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Kelley |
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7 | 7 | | Holdren. |
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8 | 8 | | Slager |
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9 | 9 | | _______________________, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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10 | 10 | | 20242237 |
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11 | 11 | | 2024 HC 1023/DI 140 Introduced |
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12 | 12 | | Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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13 | 13 | | HOUSE CONCURRENT |
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14 | 14 | | RESOLUTION No. ____ |
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15 | 15 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Kelley |
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16 | 16 | | 2 Holdren. |
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17 | 17 | | 3 Whereas, Kelley Holdren, MSN, MBA, CFRN, Chief Flight |
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18 | 18 | | 4 Nurse and Administrative Director of the University of Chicago |
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19 | 19 | | 5 Aeromedical Network (UCAN) at the University of Chicago |
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20 | 20 | | 6 Medicine, passed away November 21, 2023, at the age of 48; |
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21 | 21 | | 7 Whereas, Kelley started her nursing career at UChicago |
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22 | 22 | | 8 Medicine in 1998 with clinical experiences that included |
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23 | 23 | | 9 multiple specialty intensive care units, and then began her |
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24 | 24 | | 10 flight career in 2004; |
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25 | 25 | | 11 Whereas, Throughout her flight career, Kelley was a fierce |
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26 | 26 | | 12 advocate for top-of-license practice for the UCAN team, |
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27 | 27 | | 13 including creating a nurse-only model, and set the bar for |
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28 | 28 | | 14 professional certification for the flight nurse team; |
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29 | 29 | | 15 Whereas, A point of pride for Kelley was developing team |
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30 | 30 | | 16 competencies in areas that most critical care transport teams |
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31 | 31 | | 17 cannot provide, such as ECMO, cardiac devices, nitric, and |
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32 | 32 | | 18 TXP neonatal ventilation; |
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33 | 33 | | 19 Whereas, Kelley was the president of the Air & Surface |
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34 | 34 | | 20 Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) and was also past |
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35 | 35 | | 21 president of the Illinois Association of Air and Critical Care |
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36 | 36 | | 22 Transport (IAACCT), an organization that seeks to enhance |
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37 | 37 | | 23 safety and education within the critical care transport |
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38 | 38 | | 24 community; |
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39 | 39 | | 25 Whereas, Kelley actively promoted collaboration with fire, |
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40 | 40 | | 2024 HC 1023/DI 140 2 |
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41 | 41 | | 1 EMS, police, and hospital systems throughout Indiana and |
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42 | 42 | | 2 Illinois; |
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43 | 43 | | 3 Whereas, Kelley welcomed multiple health care professional |
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44 | 44 | | 4 specialties to shadow the UCAN team and learn about its |
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45 | 45 | | 5 specialized practice, ensuring safe transport of medically |
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46 | 46 | | 6 complex patients across the entire lifespan; |
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47 | 47 | | 7 Whereas, Kelley is survived by her husband, Cliff, and their |
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48 | 48 | | 8 two daughters, Isabella and Hannah; |
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49 | 49 | | 9 Whereas, Kelley, a nationally known flight nurse, is fondly |
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50 | 50 | | 10 remembered by her UCAN team for her expertise in clinical |
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51 | 51 | | 11 care, passion for critical care transport nursing, and her |
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52 | 52 | | 12 approachable and supportive demeanor; and |
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53 | 53 | | 13 Whereas, She was the epitome of a selfless and caring person |
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54 | 54 | | 14 that all Hoosiers should honor and remember, along with all |
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55 | 55 | | 15 the lives she saved and the first responders and nurses she |
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56 | 56 | | 16 mentored and taught over her amazing career: Therefore, |
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57 | 57 | | 17 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives |
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58 | 58 | | 18 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, |
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59 | 59 | | 19 the Senate concurring: |
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60 | 60 | | 20 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly honors and |
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61 | 61 | | 21 memorializes Kelley Holdren and her commitment to saving the |
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62 | 62 | | 22 lives of people in her community and beyond. |
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63 | 63 | | 23 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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64 | 64 | | 24 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to State |
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65 | 65 | | 25 Representative Hal Slager for distribution. |
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66 | 66 | | 2024 HC 1023/DI 140 |
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