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Columbus City Council requests City agencies to aid and assist researchers from The Ohio State University who seek to measure and improve the survival rate to hospital discharge from sudden cardiac arrest in Columbus, create a registry of information, and make application to the National Institutes of Health for consideration as a regional clinical center within a national clinical research consortium.
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WHEREAS, approximately 400 citizens of Columbus suffer sudden cardiac arrest each year; and
WHEREAS, nationally it is estimated that only 5% of victims of sudden cardiac arrest survive to leave the hospital alive; and
WHEREAS, in cities with optimized emergency medical systems and ongoing clinical research programs investigating epidemiology of and treatments for sudden cardiac arrest, survival from sudden cardiac arrest is as high as 20%; and
WHEREAS, the survival rate to hospital discharge is not known for citizens who suffer sudden cardiac arrest within the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, additional research is needed to improve the low survival rate from this disease; and
WHEREAS, investigators from The Ohio State University have the requisite knowledge and expertise to carry out clinical and epidemiological research to improve survival from sudden cardiac arrest in Columbus; and
WHEREAS, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health is seeking applications to join a Clinical Research Consortium to investigate methods to improve survival from sudden cardiac arrest; and
WHEREAS, investigators from The Ohio State University have the opportunity to participate in the Clinical Research Consortium to Improve Resuscitation Outcomes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus supports clinical and epidemiological research efforts by investigators from The Ohio State University to measure and improve the survival rate to hospital discharge for citizens of Columbus suffering from sudden cardiac arrest; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. Council requests that agencies of the government of the City of Columbus aid and assist researchers from The Ohio State University who seek to measure and improve the survival rate to hospital discharge from sudden cardiac arrest in Columbus.
Section 2. Council requests that a report be provided to Council by the Division of Fire at the conclusion of each fiscal year that includes the survival rate to hospital discharge following cases of sudden cardiac arrest occurring within the City of Columbus.