HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 03/01/2016 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING FORT COLLINS AS A HEARTSAFEPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, more than 325,000 people die of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) each year in
the United States; and
WHEREAS, survival rates are directly proportional to public awareness of and
recognition of SCA with early initiation of the Chain of Survival; and
WHEREAS, Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) are made available in public
gathering places and documented in the Pulse Point Registry; and
WHEREAS, members in a community that know and perform Hands Only
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) within minutes of a SCA and deploy an AED; and
WHEREAS, victims of SCA receive excellent EMS provided acute life support and
hospital provided post arrest care; and
WHEREAS, by raising public awareness of SCA and CPR/AED education as well as
heart disease prevention, the City of Fort Collins, Poudre Fire Authority, UCHealth and Poudre
School District are committed to strengthening the chain of survival for victims of SCA.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim the City of Fort Collins as a
HEARTSAFE COMMUNITY
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 1st day of March, A.D. 2016.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk