Florida Senate - 2019                            (NP)    SR 1842
       
       
        
       By Senator Book
       
       
       
       
       
       32-02688-19                                           20191842__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution commending the trauma care teams at
    3         Broward Health Medical Center and Broward Health North
    4         for their heroic response to the mass shooting at
    5         Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and recognizing
    6         Broward Health for its commitment to promoting
    7         preparedness for mass casualty incidents.
    8  
    9         WHEREAS, on February 14, 2018, the Level I Trauma Center at
   10  Broward Health Medical Center and the Level II Trauma Center at
   11  Broward Health North activated their mass casualty trauma teams
   12  in response to a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
   13  School in Parkland, saving the lives of 13 individuals and
   14  returning them to their families, and
   15         WHEREAS, the Level I Trauma Center at Broward Health
   16  Medical Center and the Level II Trauma Center at Broward Health
   17  North strive to foster the most clinically proficient and highly
   18  skilled critical care by surgeons and trauma care teams that set
   19  an example for communities nationwide, and
   20         WHEREAS, the people of the State of Florida are grateful
   21  for the quick action of the many selfless medical professionals
   22  who cared for the injured, and
   23         WHEREAS, it is essential and timely to recognize these
   24  hospitals for the value and accomplishments of their trauma
   25  centers and their trauma care teams, which consist of dedicated
   26  men and women who save lives and respond both to traumatic
   27  injuries and mass casualty incidents, NOW, THEREFORE,
   28  
   29  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   30  
   31         That the members of the Senate commend the trauma care
   32  teams at the Level I Trauma Center at Broward Health Medical
   33  Center and the Level II Trauma Center at Broward Health North
   34  for their heroic response to the mass shooting at Marjory
   35  Stoneman Douglas High School and recognize Broward Health for
   36  its commitment to promoting preparedness for mass casualty
   37  incidents, and
   38         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution, with
   39  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the Level I
   40  Trauma Center at Broward Health Medical Center, the Level II
   41  Trauma Center at Broward Health North, and Broward Health as a
   42  tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.