HJ 272 — Commending the Sentara Healthcare Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance.

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andthan WHEREAS, the Nightingale program operates as part of Sentara Healthcare's nonprofit mission despite annual financial deficits and clinicaltransports all critically ill and flightinjured capabilities,patients includingregardless usingof nighttheir visionabiWHEREAS, gogglesthe andNightingale settingteam ninemaintains instrumentstrong flightpartnerships pathsand tojoint designatedtraining sitesprograms towith allowJ foremergency safemedical operationservices and fire departments in poorthe visibility;communities it serves;

and 7 WHEREAS, the Nightingale program invests in continuous training and new technologies to enhance R clinical and flight capabilities, including using night vision goggles and setting nine instrument flight patWHEREAS, businesses, foundations, local governments, and individuals in Hampton Roads and 2 northeast North Carolina contributed to the `Saving Minutes, Saving Lives' campaign in 2011 to help purchase a state-of-the-art aircraft for the Nightingale program;

and WHEREAS,quality theof Nightingalelife programfor isall acitizens communityin assetHampton whichRoads, improveswho survivabilitycould andat any time need to fly on the ambulance due to accident, injury, or a medical event;

ands,and who could at any time need to fly on the ambulance WHEREAS, certain residents of southeast Virginia and northeast North Carolina are alive today due to the rapid transport and advanced medical care provided by the Nightingale program and its staff;

now,nowRESOLVED therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby 34 commend the Sentara Healthcare Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance on the occasion of its 40th 36anniversary; annRESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution 37 for presentation to the Sentara Healthcare Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance as an expression of the 38 General Assembly's appreciation for the program's lifesaving services in support of Sentara Healthcare's mission to improve health every day.

and, be it for presentation to the Sentara Healthcare Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance as an expression of the General Assembly's appreciation for the program's lifesaving services in support of Sentara Healthcare's mission to improve health every day.