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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 124
BY REPRESENTATIVES BROADWATER AND KLECKLEY
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend Danielle Davis, Matt Reynolds, Shelby Michaels, and Walter Smith for saving
the life of a spectator at the McNeese Cowboy Stampede Classic Cross Country
Invitational Meet.
WHEREAS, March is National Athletic Training Month; and
WHEREAS, the theme chosen by the National Athletic Trainers' Association for this
year is "We've got your back!"; and
WHEREAS, on September 28, 2013, McNeese State University hosted the McNeese
Cowboy Stampede Classic Cross Country Invitational Meet in which over five hundred male
and female student athletes from eleven high schools and eleven colleges and universities
participated; and
WHEREAS, when an emergency arose at the event, impeccable and expedient
emergency care was rendered to a spectator who collapsed and became unresponsive; and
WHEREAS, the elite athletic training staff members from McNeese State University
activated and followed the emergency action plan in exemplary fashion for the unresponsive
spectator with the dynamic assistance of the Southeastern Louisiana University athletic
training staff members; and
WHEREAS, Danielle Davis, a certified athletic trainer from McNeese State
University, Shelby Michaels, a McNeese State University athletic training student, and two
firefighters performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the spectator; and
WHEREAS, Matthew Reynolds, a certified athletic trainer from Southeastern
Louisiana University, and Walter Smith, a Southeastern Louisiana University athletic
training student, assisted by retrieving the automated external defibrillator (AED); and
WHEREAS, Ms. Davis used the AED to provide an electrical shock in a timely
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WHEREAS, both the McNeese State University Athletic Department and its athletic
training staff and the Southeastern Louisiana University Athletic Department and its athletic
training staff should be commended for flawlessly implementing an emergency action plan
with essential emergency care equipment and supplies.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend the actions of certified athletic trainers Danielle Davis and Matt Reynolds and
athletic training students Shelby Michaels and Walter Smith in performing their athletic
training duties to the highest standard and does hereby record for posterity their exemplary
emergency responses which contributed to a life-saving rescue.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that suitable copies of this Resolution be transmitted
to Danielle Davis, Matt Reynolds, Shelby Michaels, and Walter Smith.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE