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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A VIRTUAL COUNTYWIDE CPR & AED TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ALL NEWLY HIRED AND CURRENT COOK COUNTY EMPLOYEES
WHEREAS, in January 2019, the Cook County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution (File #19-0645) requesting the development of a countywide CPR and AED training awareness campaign for all Cook County employees as well as expanded access to training programs; and
WHEREAS, as a result of this legislation, hundreds of Cook County employees including but not limited to the President and staff, members of the Board of Commissioners and staff, executives and staff from agencies of separately elected officials such as the Clerk of the Circuit Court, the County Clerk, the Recorder of Deeds, the County Assessor, the State's Attorney, the Treasurer, and the Board of Review, the Independent Board of Directors and executives of Cook County Health were all able to receive hands only CPR and AED training over the last 2 years; and
WHEREAS, heart disease (including Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension, and Stroke) remains the No. 1 cause of death in the United States, while the estimated annual incidence of heart attack in the U.S. is 720,000 new attacks and 335,000 recurrent attacks per year; and
WHEREAS, more than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital each year and nearly 45 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims survived when bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was administered, as immediate CPR can double or triple chances of survival after cardiac arrest; however, one of the "Bystander Effect" statistics that is especially troubling is that African Americans and Hispanics are 30-50% less likely to have CPR performed if they suffer an incident. This sobering statistic correlates directly to the disparities in health care we've been discussing in the context of health equity, but is something we can improve upon through education and training; and
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