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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1975.01.23 - 14603Miscellaneous Resolution 6967 January 23, 1975 BY: LEW L. COY, County Commissioner, District #24 IN RE: PROGRAMS FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH - 1976 BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS the nation will be celebrating its 200 birthday in 1976; and WHEREAS it would be appropriate to improve one aspect of Community Health Care to commemorate this anniversary; and WHEREAS one suggestion is to set as a specific goal providing increased numbers of Oakland County residents with the capability to deliver basic life support, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other lifesaving techniques, in time of emergency; and WHEREAS such a program would help save the lives of many people, including friends and relatives, during that critical period of time between a serious accident or heart attack and the arrival of trained emergency medical personnel. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners supports a program to provide publicity and information through the Oakland County Health Department to (1) increase public awareness of the desirability of learning and using such techniques, and (2) to make known that cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other such courses are presently available through the Michigan Heart Association and, in the near future, the American Red Cross. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, included in the twelve month planning phase for Emergency Medical Services in the County, will be a thorough review of what priority an enlarged program of cardiopulmonary resuscitation-type training should receive, at what point in the implementation cycle of Emergency Medical Services should it be initiated and at what cost. Mr. Chairman, I move the referral of the foregoing resolution to the Human Resources Committee I-A PJ2/ _S Vice Cc rlri;itz Lew L. Coy County Commissioner, District #24 #6967 Moved by Coy supported by Page the resolution be referred to the Human Resources and Public Services Committee. There were no objections.