Bill Text: TX HR354 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Hidalgo County Emergency Medical Service and South Texas AirMed for providing exceptional medical care to area residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-29 - Reported enrolled [HR354 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR354-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 354 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Hidalgo County Emergency Medical Service and its | ||
| sister company, South Texas AirMed, have provided exceptional | ||
| medical care to area residents during the COVID-19 pandemic; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Established in 2007, Hidalgo County EMS and South | ||
| Texas AirMed cover a service area exceeding 6,000 square miles | ||
| across eight South Texas counties; the Edinburg-based Hidalgo | ||
| County Emergency Service Foundation oversees a staff of more than | ||
| 350 emergency medical technicians, paramedics, registered nurses, | ||
| and support personnel; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Hidalgo County EMS and South Texas AirMed offer | ||
| state-of-the-art ground and air transport emergency ambulances and | ||
| extensive support systems that help protect and save lives; the | ||
| entities are the first in the Rio Grande Valley to provide | ||
| intraosseous infusions for patients suffering from major trauma or | ||
| illness, and their resources also include diagnostic monitoring, | ||
| transport ventilators, IV and syringe pumps for critical care | ||
| patients, advanced cardiac monitoring, and therapeutic hypothermia | ||
| protocols; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The staff members of Hidalgo County EMS and South | ||
| Texas AirMed have worked tirelessly to ensure the continued | ||
| well-being of area residents during a global health crisis, and | ||
| they are indeed deserving of recognition for their many | ||
| contributions; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend Hidalgo County Emergency Medical | ||
| Service and South Texas AirMed for their dedicated efforts during | ||
| the COVID-19 pandemic and extend to their employees sincere best | ||
| wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the staff of Hidalgo County EMS and South Texas AirMed | ||
| as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives. | ||
| Canales | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 354 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 25, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
