Lone Star Ambulance Employee's
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.
J. Casarez, EMT, with 2 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.
K. Miller, Paramedic, with 12 years of EMS service.
Lone Star Ambulance around town.
Doctor Robert Alejandro Cruz, along with DHR Health Neurology Department, present LoneStar Ambulance Paramedic E. Cordova, and EMT T. Tellez, with an award for their heroic act of helping and getting a stroke patient to the hospital. The patient received treatment in the appropriate time frame to have a full recovery.
Checking out the latest dispatch software of responding to calls.
Supervisors and medics at shift change.
Day Dispatchers answering 911 calls, dispatching units and necessary resources such as PD,FD, etc.
Lelia Petsch, Caleb Magallan, Cynthia Hernandez (Supervisor), Angelina Rios.
Medic 8: Paramedic R. De La Rosa and Paramedic E. Hernandez checking off their unit before hitting the streets.
Field Supervisor and Paramedic G. Martinez training the newly promoted McAllen field supervisor's, the duties and responsibilities being on the rescue truck.
Bins hold medical items to resupply the medics on the field as needed after an emergency.
Newly promoted McAllen field supervisors. Paramedic Ramiro Mendoza, Paramedic Ernie Hernandez and Paramedic Merari Saldana.
Supply Officer and EMT Angel inside the supply room, managing and organizing necessary medical supplies for the trucks in the streets. He uses the white board to track of new ideas and all his responsibilities to make sure trucks are fully equipped.
Rescue: Supervisor and Paramedic E. Hernandez and EMT L. Gaytan responding to a call in Mcallen.
MTS responds as "mutual aid" to transport patient.
Medic 6: Paramedic A. Cuellar and Advanced EMT J. Cuellar respond with McAllen PD to an elderly man in need of medical attention for abnormal behavior.
Making contact with PD and patient.
Performing a stroke assessment.
McAllen PD check on the patient.
Simultaneously working to treat the patient.
Checking the heart monitor.
Pleading patient to be seen at the hospital.
Writing down the vital signs off the heart monitor.
Calling the hospital to give EMS report.
Reading patient's ECG strip.
Safely arriving at the hospital.
Medic 8: Paramedic E. Hernandez and Paramedic R. De La Garza respond to a fall of an elderly man. Upon arrival, the initial assessment reveals the patient is unable to get up. They elect to use spinal mobile restriction (SMR), using a collar, backboard, and improvised straps to lift the patient safely and prevent any further injury.
Paramedic Eric Hernandez securing and protecting the head and neck of the patient.
Paramedic Rosalva De La Garza initiating an IV in the field.
Arriving at the hospital.
Medic 6: Paramedic O. Ochoa (1st-3rd pic) with the help of his partner, EMT L. Guzman(4th pic), clean the unit before getting off shift.
Medic 1: Paramedic E. Gutierrez and EMT S. Guerrero cleaning their unit after a 24 hour shift.
Medic 4: Paramedic J. Garcia and Advanced EMT E. Salazar, arrive on the scene with McAllen FD providing first-aid to a male patient feeling sick.
Arriving on scene.
McAllen Firefighters/ EMTs assessing the patient
Off-loading the stretcher; patients are not allowed to walk for their own safety.
Firefighters standing by once patient care transferred to the higher level of care, MICU-Paramedic level.
Patient is placed inside the ambulance.
Eric prepares the equipment to start an IV.
Juan prepares electrodes to connect the heart monitor to the patient.
Heart monitor; providing blood pressure, heart rate, spo2 %, respiratory rate, heart rhythm, shock and pacing therapy.
A rubber tourniquet is used to pool the blood in the vein; helps to find a suitable vein.
Alcohol pad is used to sterilize the skin before inserting the IV catheter.
Eric helping Juan with the IV lock and saline flush.
En-route to the hospital, Juan consoles and reassures the patient.
EMS report via radio.
Normal saline 0.9% given via IV.
Arriving at the hospital.
Medic 4 entering the E.R.
ALS-1: AEMT D. Casarez and EMT J. Casarez respond to a respiratory distress emergency of an elderly man.
