Bill Text: OH SCR7 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Enrolled

---

Bill Title: As Adopted by the Senate 128th General AssemblyRegular Session2009-2010S. C. R. No. 7 Senator Schuler

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-04-01 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SCR7 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SCR7-Enrolled.html

---

As Adopted by the Senate

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

S. C. R. No. 7

Senator Schuler 

Cosponsors: Senators Fedor, Miller, D., Morano, Sawyer, Coughlin, Gibbs, Harris, Kearney, Miller, R., Niehaus, Patton, Schaffer, Schiavoni, Strahorn, Turner, Wagoner, Wilson, Smith 

---

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

To designate the month of March 2009 as "Deep-Vein

1

Thrombosis Awareness Month."

2

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO
(THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, The members of the 128th General Assembly of Ohio	3
are pleased to designate the month of March 2009 as "Deep-Vein	4
Thrombosis Awareness Month" in Ohio in memory of journalist David	5
Bloom; and	6

WHEREAS, Deep-vein thrombosis is a condition that occurs when	7
a blood clot forms in one of the large veins, which may result in	8
a fatal pulmonary embolism; and	9

WHEREAS, Deep-vein thrombosis is a serious but preventable	10
medical condition; and	11

WHEREAS, Deep-vein thrombosis affects approximately two	12
million Americans each year; and	13

WHEREAS, Fatal pulmonary embolism causes more deaths each	14
year than breast cancer and AIDS combined; and	15

WHEREAS, Complications from deep-vein thrombosis take up to	16
two hundred thousand American lives each year; and	17

WHEREAS, Fatal pulmonary embolism may be the most common	18
preventable cause of hospital death in the United States; and	19

WHEREAS, Risk factors for deep-vein thrombosis include cancer	20
and certain heart or respiratory diseases; and	21

WHEREAS, Pulmonary embolism is the leading cause of maternal	22
death associated with childbirth; and	23

WHEREAS, According to a survey conducted by the American	24
Public Health Association, seventy-four per cent of Americans are	25
unaware of deep-vein thrombosis; and	26

WHEREAS, National Broadcasting Company correspondent David	27
Bloom died of a fatal pulmonary embolism while covering the war in	28
Iraq; and	29

WHEREAS, Melanie Bloom, widow of David Bloom, and more than	30
fifty members of the Coalition to Prevent Deep-Vein Thrombosis are	31
working to raise awareness of this silent killer; and	32

WHEREAS, The designation of March 2009 as "Deep-Vein	33
Thrombosis Awareness Month" in memory of David Bloom will raise	34
public awareness about this life-threatening but preventable	35
condition; now therefore be it	36

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly	37
of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, designate March 2009 as	38
"Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month" in Ohio to honor the memory	39
of David Bloom; and be it further	40

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 128th General Assembly	41
of Ohio, in adopting this resolution, recognize the importance of	42
raising awareness of deep-vein thrombosis; and be it further	43

RESOLVED, That the clerk of the Senate transmit a duly	44
authenticated copy of this resolution to the Coalition to Prevent	45
Deep-Vein Thrombosis.	46