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2023 SESSION
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.