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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize the Children's Health Extracorporeal Membrane |
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Oxygenation (ECMO) program on the exceptional life-saving |
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pediatric care it provides to critically ill children and their |
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families in North Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, ECMO treatment works by circulating a patient's |
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blood through a machine that removes carbon dioxide and adds |
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oxygen; a child with critical heart or lung problems can receive |
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ECMO therapy for days or even weeks while undergoing care at |
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Children's Health, during which time they are treated by a team |
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of specialists in the hospital's pediatric intensive care unit; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Located in the Southwestern Medical District, in |
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the heart of Dallas, Children's Health has been the primary |
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clinical partner of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical |
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Center since 1961; the hospital has provided extracorporeal life |
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support to more than 1,200 patients over the past 35 years, |
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giving families hope for survival when all other forms of |
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conventional life support have failed; and |
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WHEREAS, The ECMO program at Children's Health has |
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received international recognition as a Platinum Center of |
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Excellence from the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization; |
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Children's Health was also the first institution in the world to |
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have its ECMO educational program endorsed by the international |
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organization; and |
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WHEREAS, Bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience to |
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their work, the ECMO specialists at Children's Health include |
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doctors Ethan Sanford, Archana Dhar, Cindy Darnell-Bowens, |
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Lakshmi Raman, Amy Lee, Priya Bhaskar, and Sam Davila; registered |
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nurses Marshall Stephenson, Laura Hatton, Margarita Ramos, |
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William Smiley, Brittany Cramer, Amy Hadley, Kari Powers, |
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Michael Williams, Emily Collins, and Ricardo Medrano; and |
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registered respiratory therapists Donna Taylor, Shannon Mills, |
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Kevin Lovett, Bob Villanueva, George Sutherland, Dan Hill, Darla |
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Lytton, and John Darling; and |
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WHEREAS, Specialists of the ECMO team at Children's Health |
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in Dallas are dedicated to providing advanced, around-the-clock |
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care to young patients who are in need of this innovative form of |
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therapy, and it is indeed fitting that they be recognized for |
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their invaluable contributions to quality health care in the Lone |
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Star State; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, hereby honor the members of the Extracorporeal |
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Membrane Oxygenation team at Children's Health for their |
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exceptional service to North Texas families and extend to them |
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sincere best wishes for continued success with their important |
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work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas Senate. |