15.11.2013 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 332/104 |
Thursday 14 June 2012
European cardiac arrest awareness week
P7_TA(2012)0266
Declaration of the European Parliament of 14 June 2012 on establishing a European cardiac arrest awareness week
2013/C 332 E/22
The European Parliament,
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having regard to Rule 123 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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whereas in Europe approximately 400 000 people suffer an out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest every year, with a survival rate of less than 10 %; |
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whereas the survival of many apparently healthy victims depends on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) administered by bystanders and early defibrillation, and whereas an intervention within 3-4 minutes may increase the chance of survival to more than 50 %; |
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whereas in Europe, automated external defibrillator (AED) programmes are only partially implemented; |
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Calls on the Commission and the Council to encourage:
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Calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a European cardiac arrest awareness week aimed at improving the awareness and education of the general public, physicians and healthcare professionals; |
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Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in adopting and implementing national strategies for equal access to high-quality CPR; |
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Calls on the Commission and the Member States to enact harmonised legislation across the EU in order to provide immunity from liability to non-medical first responders who offer voluntary assistance in cardiac emergencies; |
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Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories (1), to the Council, the Commission and the parliaments of the Member States. |
(1) The list of signatories is published in Annex 1 to the Minutes of 14 June 2012 (P7_PV(2012)06-14(ANN1)).