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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. __________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _________________________________ City Clerk