PUBLIC LAW 101-33 —MAY 23, 1989 103 STAT. 65 Public Law 101-33 101st Congress Joint Resolution To designate the month of May 1989, as "Trauma Awareness Month". May 23, 1989 [S.J. Res. 68] Whereas more than eight million individuals in the United States suffer traumatic injury each year; Whereas traumatic injury is the leading cause of death of individ- uals of less than forty years of age in the United States; Whereas every individual is a potential victim of traumatic injury; Whereas traumatic injury can occur without warning; Whereas traumatic iiy'ury frequently renders its victims incapable of caring for themselves; Whereas past inattention to the causes and effects of trauma has led to the inclusion of trauma among the most neglected medical conditions; Whereas the people of the United States spend more than $110,000,000,000 annually on the problem of trauma; Whereas the problem of trauma can be remedied only by prevention and proper treatment through emergency medical services and trauma systems; and Whereas the people of the United States must be educated in the prevention and treatment of trauma and in the proper and effec- , tive use of emergency medical services and trauma systems: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That May 1989 is des- ignated as "National Trauma Awareness Month", and the President of the United States is authorized and requested to issue a proclama- tion calling upon the people of the United States to oteerve the month with appropriate ceremonies and activities. Approved May 23, 1989. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 68: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): Mar. 16, considered and passed Senate. May 9, considered and passed House.
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