| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 553 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Demonstrating exceptional skill and quick thinking, |
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| 6 | 6 | | a number of first responders and family members worked together to |
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| 7 | 7 | | render lifesaving aid to Wayne Pullen, a retired member of the Texas |
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| 8 | 8 | | Highway Patrol, on December 19, 2022; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, On that evening, Captain Pullen was visiting with |
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| 10 | 10 | | his daughter, Cyndi Patterson, and son-in-law, Tom Patterson, at |
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| 11 | 11 | | their home in Lumberton, when he experienced a sudden cardiac |
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| 12 | 12 | | arrest; Mr. Patterson began performing CPR while Ms. Patterson |
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| 13 | 13 | | called 9-1-1 and then contacted Greg Smith, a nurse practitioner |
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| 14 | 14 | | who was not far from the family home; around this time, the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Pattersons' son-in-law Jake Droddy arrived on the scene and |
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| 16 | 16 | | assisted Mr. Patterson with CPR; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, Greg Smith and Fire Chief Jeffrey McNeel of |
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| 18 | 18 | | Lumberton Fire & EMS soon took over from Mr. Patterson and |
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| 19 | 19 | | Mr. Droddy and continued performing CPR on Captain Pullen; the two |
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| 20 | 20 | | men determined that the victim, whose pulse could not be detected, |
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| 21 | 21 | | needed to be resuscitated with the automated external defibrillator |
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| 22 | 22 | | that Chief McNeel had brought to the scene; he continued |
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| 23 | 23 | | compressions while Captain Dakota Collier established an airway, |
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| 24 | 24 | | and firefighter Jessica Garza quickly applied the AED; working |
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| 25 | 25 | | together, they restored Captain Pullen's heartbeat; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Captain Pullen was treated at hospitals in Beaumont |
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| 27 | 27 | | and Houston, where he is continuing to make remarkable strides |
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| 28 | 28 | | toward being fully rehabilitated; his doctors credited his survival |
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| 29 | 29 | | to the swift actions taken by the five people who intervened to save |
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| 30 | 30 | | his life before emergency medical help arrived; these individuals |
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| 31 | 31 | | are notably all first responders by profession, as Cyndi Patterson |
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| 32 | 32 | | is a retired dispatcher with the Hardin County Sheriff's Office, |
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| 33 | 33 | | Tom Patterson and Jake Droddy are both deputies with the Jefferson |
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| 34 | 34 | | County Sheriff's Office, and Greg Smith is a deputy with the Hardin |
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| 35 | 35 | | County Precinct 5 Constable's Office; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, By applying their training in a time of crisis, |
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| 37 | 37 | | these seven individuals acted quickly and decisively to provide |
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| 38 | 38 | | vital assistance, and in so doing, they helped to avert what could |
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| 39 | 39 | | have been a terrible tragedy; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby commend Cyndi Patterson, Tom Patterson, Jake |
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| 42 | 42 | | Droddy, Greg Smith, Jeffrey McNeel, Dakota Collier, and Jessica |
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| 43 | 43 | | Garza for their outstanding efforts during a medical emergency and |
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| 44 | 44 | | extend to them sincere best wishes for the future. |
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| 45 | 45 | | Bailes |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | I certify that H.R. No. 553 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 49 | 49 | | 30, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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