Lone Star Ambulance Employee's
Rescue: Supervisor/Paramedic K. Miller, 12 years of experience in the field.
Rescue: Supervisor/Paramedic A. Garcia, 15 years of experience in the field.
Rescue: Supervisor/Paramedic O. Espinoza, 21 years of experience in the field.
Medic 4: Paramedic J. Pena and EMT S. Lopez,
Medic 7: Paramedic D. Garza and EMT Y. Lopez, over a decade of combined experience.
Medic 6: Paramedic R. Melchor and AEMT R. Chapa, combined experience of 8 years.
Dispatch: (Row 1) Alyssa, Daisy, Vanessa, Betina. (Row 2) Jose, Albert, Victoria, Omar, Caleb.
Alpha 3: AEMT J. Hernandez and EMT M. Marquez, on a 12 hour shift, with a combined experience of 22 years.
Alpha 2: AEMT M. Rodriguez and AEMT A. Pena. combined experience of 12 years.
Medic 1: Paramedic J. Pruneda and EMT N. Dominguez, combined experience of 43 years.
Paramedic I. Valencia, on Medic 4, 3 years of experience in the field
G. Martinez, Director and Paramedic, with 13 year’s of EMS service.
J. Lopez, Task Force Leader and EMT, with 21 year’s of EMS service.
C. Hernandez, Dispatch Supervisor, with 19 year’s of communication services.
E. Hernandez, Supervisor and Paramedic, with 10 year's of EMS service.
M. Saldana, Supervisor and Paramedic, with 7 year's of EMS service.
R. Mendoza, Supervisor and Paramedic, with 7 year's of EMS service.
C. De Leon, EMS Liaison and EMT, with 30 year's of EMS service.
C. Magallan, Dispatcher, with 2 year’s of communication services.
A. Rios, Dispatcher, with a year of communication services.
L. Gaytan, EMT, with 13 year's of EMS service
A. Cuellar, Paramedic, with 8 year's of EMS service and J. Cuellar, AEMT, with 7 year's of EMS service.
E. Hernandez, Paramedic, with 14 year's of EMS service.
S. Lopez, EMT, with 9 year's of EMS service.
D. Casarez, AEMT, with 4 year's of EMS service.
E. Salazar, AEMT, with 5 year’s of EMS service.
J. Garcia, Paramedic, with 26 year’s of EMS service.
A. Luna, Supply Officer and EMT, with 8 year's of EMS service.
E. Gutierrez, Paramedic, with 19 years of EMS service.
D. Arredondo, Paramedic, with 26 years of EMS service.
R. Garcia, EMT, with 7 years of EMS service.
A. Cantu, EMT, with 2 months of EMS service.
R. De La Garza, Paramedic, with 4 years of EMS service.
L. Guzman, EMT, with 9 years of EMS service.
B. Garza Jr, Paramedic, with 19 years of EMS service.
K. Zapata, EMT, with 9 months of EMS service.
S. Guerrero, EMT, with 6 months of EMS service.
J. Pruneda, Paramedic, with 24 years of EMS service.
J. Pena, EMT, with 3 years of EMS service.
J. Pena, Paramedic, with 8 years of EMS service.
A. Pena, EMT, with 5 years of EMS service.
Y. Lopez, EMT, with 9 years of EMS service
A. Ybarra, EMT, with 10 years of EMS service.
D. Garza, Paramedic, with 5 years of EMS service.
J. Casarez, Paramedic, with 4 years of EMS service.
EMS Life
The Gathering: Before, during or after 12 or 24 hours A need to share what is seen What is death with. It’s necessary a psychological release to be ok to keep going to be human to save others to save each other.
On her first day of paramedic ride-outs, AEMT M. Rodriguez is one step closer to obtaining the essential knowledge and responsibility that comes with being a paramedic. What a journey!
Paramedic C. Rodriguez prepares antiemetic medication for a stroke patient experiencing slurred speech and nausea. The purpose is to relieve nausea and prevent vomiting that will compromise the airway during a rapid transport to the hospital. In making split-second decisions, field knowledge, experience, and foresight are critical. This is EMS, so others may live.
O. Espinoza, LSA supervisor and paramedic, exits the unit after assisting Medic 7 with a critical call. Any additional assistance simply increases the chances for the patient. It’s not about ego, pride, title, or rank. Teamwork is dream work! So others may live.
Any comfort will help in a 24-hour shift. The inconvenience, if any, of carrying so much is outweighed by the benefits it provides to a medic on shift. Resting time, if any, even if only for 5 minutes, is essential and will be enhanced with the right comfort items. 5 minutes can feel like 30 minutes. No book, magazine, video, or photograph will ever show you this. To understand, you must experience it. You have to be in EMS.
EMT Y. Lopez enters the station carrying her backpack and lunch bag to begin her 24-hour shift.
LSA medic 7, with the unit checked and supplies in hand, is ready for their 24-hour shift.
A meal is more than just a meal for the medic; it means staying well so that others may live. Eating a meal not only gives one the energy to work long shifts, but it is also one of the simplest ways to boost morale, which is important in life and especially in demanding occupations. Although severe adversity helps to strengthen mental fortitude, excessive adversity can "burn out" even the most resilient minds. Morale is critical at that point. Most people outside of EMS can sit and eat a full meal uninterrupted, which has become an overlooked comfort. However, in EMS, it is a blessing.
Medics who serve on the front lines often become so exposed that they lose sight of the value of their role in society. This effect occurs naturally. Seconds and minutes are the battleground on which the war against illness and death is waged. It’s a beautiful war. Don’t forget that we are doing this so others may live.
Death knows who we are. We are death’s enemy. There’s a war every day. This is what we do. So others may live
