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