[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 11, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S2446]
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   RECOGNIZING THE 2022 AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION STARS OF LIFE

  Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, I rise today to honor the paramedics, 
emergency medical technicians--EMTs--and other emergency medical 
services--EMS--professionals across the country who provide vital 9-1-1 
emergency and nonemergency medical care across this country. These 
healthcare professionals are on the frontlines and put the needs of 
their patients before their own. I would like to recognize, in 
particular, those EMS professionals being honored last week as ``Stars 
of Life'' by the American Ambulance Association.
  Every year, the dispatch of an ambulance is the first response to 
millions of medical emergencies. Often, the survival of a patient 
hinges on the prompt medical attention provided by paramedics and EMTs 
prior to the arrival at an emergency room. As a result of the selfless 
acts of these courageous and devoted individuals, thousands of 
Americans lives are saved each year. This was especially true during 
the COVID-19 pandemic as paramedics and EMTs provided medical care, 
vaccinations, testing, and ambulance transport for 24 hours a day and 7 
days a week. These professionals deserve our utmost gratitude.
  For the past 30 years, the American Ambulance Association has honored 
those paramedics, EMTs, dispatchers, and other ambulance service 
personnel who exemplify what is best about the EMS field. The American 
Ambulance Association has appropriately designated these exceptional 
individuals as ``Stars of Life.''
  I am especially proud of the six Stars of Life from our State of 
Arkansas. Devin Holland, Kenneth Jenkins, Randy Murry, Amanda Nesbitt, 
Alvin Short of Pafford EMS in Hope, and Benny Ford of Medic One 
Ambulance in Jonesboro. These six professionals help ensure that 
Arkansans have vital and often lifesaving ambulance services within 
their communities.

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