[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 166 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE GLOBAL MEDICAL RESPONSE 2024 STARS OF LIFE AWARD 
                               RECIPIENTS

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 12, 2024

  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Global 
Medical Response Stars of Life award recipients for 2024.
  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 33 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 
Maui, Hawaii where a Paramedic, served as the Incident Commander for 
EMS ground units during the deadly 2023 fire that devastated Lahaina to 
an advanced EMF in Lagrange, GA, who safely delivered a baby while the 
baby's mother was being transported to a hospital, and performed 
lifesaving interventions on the newborn, who was ``pulseless'' at the 
time of birth to Waco, TX where a paramedic, saved the life of a 
cardiac arrest patient after working on the individual for 30 minutes 
before achieving return of spontaneous circulation.
  There are countless 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 2024 Global Medical Response Stars of Life 
award recipients, I respectfully request that each of their names be 
included in the Record 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 2024 Stars of Life Award Recipients

       Frank Alba, Critical Care Paramedic of Kansas City, KS; 
     Johan Alvarado, Flight Paramedic of Laredo, TX; Aubree 
     Arneson, Advanced EMT of Brookings, OR; Henry Barsh, EMT of 
     Washington, D.C.; Antoine Berenger, Firefighter, EMT, of 
     Tempe, AZ; Heather James, Advanced EMT of Lagrange, GA; Emily 
     Chandler, EMS Programs Manager of Springfield, MA; Josh 
     Cavaness, Flight Paramedic of Chanute, KS; Andrew Davalos, 
     Paramedic of Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Riggs Egolf, Paramedic of 
     Hampton, VA.
       Juvencio Estrada, Flight Nurse of Laredo, TX; Brent Fisher, 
     Flight Paramedic of Poplar Bluff, MO; Jason Florance, 
     Paramedic of Topeka, KS; Scotland Hamlin, EMT, Field Training 
     Officer of Orlando, FL; Jason Henry, Fire Captain of Tempe, 
     AZ; Jason Hodges, Operations Supervisor of Portland, OR; 
     David Kingdon, Paramedic of Maui County, HI; Daniel ``Dan'' 
     Laguna, Pilot of Elko, NV; Matthew Lambert, Paramedic, 
     Lifeguard of Florence, AL; Miki Leslie, EMT, Field Training 
     Officer of Yakima, WA.
       Alyssa Meier, EMT of Prescott, AZ; Eli Melamed, Paramedic 
     of Prescott, AZ; Megan Overbeck, Paramedic of Decatur, IL; 
     Michael Pernna, Critical Care Transport Registered Nurse of 
     Redlands, CA; Kevin Rochford, Paramedic of Waco, TX; Lance 
     Smeal, Advanced EMF, Field Training Officer of Buffalo, NY.
       Raquel Soto, Paramedic of West Hartford, CT; Jason 
     Southard, Operations Supervisor of Tucson, AZ; Shane Terry, 
     Flight Paramedic of Big Spring, TX; Andrew Varela, Paramedic, 
     Field Training Officer of Modesto, CA; Lucie Walters, Flight 
     Respiratory Therapist of Birmingham, AL; Nikki Warren, Flight 
     Nurse of Poplar Bluff, MO; Ambrose Stevens, Paramedic, 
     Operations Manager of Redding, CA.

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