Florida Senate - 2020 (NP) SR 36
By Senator Book
32-00101-20 202036__
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.
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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 care
12 teams in response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman
13 Douglas High School in Parkland, saving the lives of 13
14 individuals and 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, setting
19 an example for communities nationwide, and
20 WHEREAS, all Floridians are grateful for the quick action
21 of the many selfless medical professionals who cared for the
22 injured, and
23 WHEREAS, it is essential that Broward Health Medical Center
24 and Broward Health North be recognized for the value and
25 accomplishments of their trauma centers and their trauma care
26 teams, which consist of dedicated men and women who save lives
27 and respond both to traumatic injuries and mass casualty
28 incidents, NOW, THEREFORE,
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30 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
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32 That the members of the Senate commend the trauma care
33 teams at the Level I Trauma Center at Broward Health Medical
34 Center and the Level II Trauma Center at Broward Health North
35 for their heroic response to the mass shooting at Marjory
36 Stoneman Douglas High School and recognize Broward Health for
37 its commitment to promoting preparedness for mass casualty
38 incidents, and
39 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution, with
40 the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to the Level I
41 Trauma Center at Broward Health Medical Center, the Level II
42 Trauma Center at Broward Health North, and Broward Health as
43 tangible tokens of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.