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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 747 Offered February 17, 2023 Commending Jamie Jill. ----------
Patrons-- Lopez, Krizek, Adams, D.M., Bagby, Bennett-Parker, Bourne, Bulova, Carr, Clark, Delaney, Filler-Corn, Glass, Guzman, Hayes, Helmer, Herring, Hope, Kory, Maldonado, McQuinn, Mullin, Mundon King, Murphy, Plum, Price, Rasoul, Reid, Roem, Scott, D.L., Seibold, Sewell, Shin, Simon, Simonds, Subramanyam, Sullivan, Torian, Tran, VanValkenburg, Ward, Ware, Watts, Willett and Williams Graves; Senators: Boysko, Ebbin, Favola, Howell, Reeves, Spruill and Vogel
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WHEREAS, Jamie Jill, a firefighter and emergency medical technician with the Arlington County Fire Department, helped save the life of an individual who went into cardiac arrest during a baseball game at Nationals Park in June 2022; and

WHEREAS, on June 11, 2022, John Clements of Wisconsin was visiting the nation’s capital with his wife and two adult sons and attended a Washington Nationals game against the Milwaukee Brewers; during the sixth inning, he experienced trouble breathing and speaking, then lost consciousness; and

WHEREAS, Jamie Jill was sitting in a nearby section when he noticed a disturbance and went to investigate; he lowered John Clements to the ground and began performing chest compressions; and

WHEREAS, Lindy Prevatt, an emergency room nurse who had also been sitting nearby, arrived and called for an automated external defibrillator (AED), then helped Jamie Jill perform chest compressions until the device arrived; and

WHEREAS, using the AED, Jamie Jill and Lindy Prevatt shocked John Clements three times, at which point on-site first responders reached the scene; and

WHEREAS, Jamie Jill and Lindy Prevatt helped carry John Clements up the stairs to the concourse, where he was placed on a stretcher and taken to the hospital for further treatment; and

WHEREAS, thanks to Jamie Jill’s actions, John Clements survived and got to go home to his family; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Jamie Jill for helping to save the life of an individual who experienced cardiac arrest at Nationals Park in June 2022; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Jamie Jill as an expression of the General Assembly’s admiration for his quick thinking and heroic actions.