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Senate honors emergency-medical training program and proclaims Black History Month
Summary
The Utah Senate presented an official citation recognizing the Utah Emergency Medical Training Council for its 'what to do until the ambulance arrives' program and jointly proclaimed February 1993 as Black History Month, with a local community group invited to describe an upcoming health fair.
The Utah Senate used part of its floor session to recognize community public-health work and cultural observances.
Senator Marine led the chamber in an official citation honoring the Utah Emergency Medical Training Council for its public training program that teaches bystanders life-saving measures such as CPR and the Heimlich maneuver. The citation recounts that the council, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, has trained more than 200,000 high-school students and credits specific students and coaches who performed first aid that helped save lives.
Later, Senator Barlow presented an official citation recognizing February 1993 as Black History Month and highlighting a campaign for black health. Barlow invited Sylvia Smith, a VISTA outreach worker for the Davis County Ethnic and Elderly Coalition, to the floor; Smith described a community health fair scheduled Feb. 27 in Clearfield focused on smoking cessation, AIDS and cancer awareness, and outreach to African-American and elderly residents.
Both citations were adopted by unanimous voice vote. Senators also recognized visiting students from Oakwood Elementary and other guests in the gallery.
