[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 180 (Wednesday, November 1, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING THE GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE 2023 STARS OF LIFE AWARD 
                               RECIPIENTS

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 1, 2023

  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the Global Medical 
Response Stars of Life award recipients for 2023.
  Each year, the American Ambulance Association (AAA) honors a select 
group of Emergency Medical Services professionals for their commitment 
to patient care, integrity and compassion through the Stars of Life 
program. Global Medical Response, a member of the AAA and the world's 
largest provider of emergent and non-emergent medical transportation 
and healthcare services, has identified 32 of its frontline heroes for 
this distinction, representing the best of the best in the air and on 
the ground.
  We will find these heroes all around us in our communities. From a 
small village outside Anchorage, AK, where a pilot landed his aircraft 
with nothing but the community's off-road vehicle headlights for light 
to the paramedics in Buffalo, NY and Jackson, MS, who showed immense 
strength in leadership and skill while saving multiple lives during 
mass casualty incidents to the several brave individuals, who 
voluntarily went into harm's way to support the communities of Florida 
and face Hurricane Ian head on and to Temple, TX, where the innocent 
life of a small child was saved by a paramedic following an accident on 
a ride-on mower.
  There are many stories to share and so much that we can learn from 
the day-to-day lives of these heroes. We must learn to exhibit 
integrity in everything we do and everything we say. We must act with 
compassion and grace in even the most daunting and challenging of 
situations. We must be vigilant, never wavering in our commitment to 
doing what is right for the community and answering the call to serve.
  So that we will never forget the immense contributions to our 
communities made by the 2023 Global Medical Response Stars of Lifeaward 
recipients, I include in the Record their names to honor their service 
and humbly thank them for showing us what it means to truly serve, 
while providing care to the world at a moment's notice.

                        Global Medical Response


                  2023 Stars of Life Award Recipients

       Danny Abalama, B200 Instructor Pilot of Anchorage, AK.
       Jacob Ambach, Paramedic of Spokane, WA.
       Michael Arquette, Operations Supervisor of Buffalo, NY.
       Jack Asbury, EMT of Bushnell, FL.
       Cindy Betts, Base Medical Manager of Wichita, KS.
       Jason Burns, Flight Paramedic of Salida, CO.
       Ian Carroll, Flight Nurse of Logan, WV.
       Preston Crotwell, Paramedic of Jackson, MS.
       Zach Dayton, Firefighter Engineer/EMT of Mesa, AZ.
       Victoria England, Flight Nurse of Mather, CA.
       Rick Fikes, Paramedic/Field Training Officer of Abilene, 
     TX.
       Marlon Flanders, Paramedic of GMR Trinidad and Tobago.
       Sean Fuller, Paramedic/Field Training Officer of Clackamas, 
     OR.
       Karina Galvez-Martinez, Paramedic of North Las Vegas, NV.
       Kelly Hamill, Flight Nurse of Mattoon, IL.
       Andy Hardy, Paramedic of Athens, TN.
       Fidencio Hernandez, EMT/Field Training Officer of San Jose, 
     CA.
       Matthew Kohl, Paramedic of Evansville, IN.
       Daniel Lee, Flight Nurse of Klamath Falls, OR.
       Jesse Mascarenas, Flight Nurse of Salida, CO.
       Stephanie Nocita, Paramedic of Monterey, CA.
       Randall Roberson, Advanced EMT of Prestonsburg, KY.
       Hiram Sanchez, SOS EMT of Napa, CA.
       Dakota Shadwell, Flight Nurse of Mattoon, IL.
       Jay Shintaku, Firefighter Paramedic of Tempe, AZ.
       Brad Sparks, Flight Nurse of Oceanside, CA.
       Rob Spencer, Paramedic/Field Training Officer of Temple, 
     TX.
       Michael Taboniar, Paramedic of Lihue, HI.
       Bill Weber, Paramedic/Field Training Officer of Lake Havasu 
     City, AZ.
       Riley Wolfe, Paramedic of Redlands, CA.
       Danny Workman, Flight Paramedic of Concord, CA.
       Daniel Yandell, EMT of Vancouver, WA.

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