Bill Text: TX HR80 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Recognizing the first responders of Montgomery County who saved the life of Jonathan Arteaga.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-26 - Reported enrolled [HR80 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR80-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Recognizing the first responders of Montgomery County who saved the life of Jonathan Arteaga.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-26 - Reported enrolled [HR80 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR80-Introduced.html
85R3362 BK-D | ||
By: Bell | H.R. No. 80 |
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WHEREAS, Through their swift and heroic actions, a number of | ||
first responders in Montgomery County were instrumental in saving | ||
the life of a man on February 24, 2016; and | ||
WHEREAS, That day, Jonathan Arteaga was working on leveling a | ||
mobile home when the 18-ton structure suddenly fell on top of him, | ||
pinning him underneath; within minutes of the 9-1-1 call being | ||
made, two deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, | ||
Brad Crandell and Kenneth Morris, arrived on the scene; after | ||
determining that Mr. Arteaga still had a pulse, they enlisted the | ||
help of Peter Baty of Magnolia Towing, who used a wrecker to lift | ||
the home and free the gravely injured man; and | ||
WHEREAS, Members of the Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department | ||
promptly began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on | ||
Mr. Arteaga, whose heart by then had stopped beating, and | ||
paramedics from the Montgomery County Hospital District | ||
subsequently initiated an advanced procedure known as a simple | ||
thoracostomy in an attempt to reinflate his crushed lungs; the | ||
procedure succeeded in restoring Mr. Arteaga's pulse, and the crews | ||
moved quickly to transport him to Tomball Regional Medical Center, | ||
where a trauma surgeon was standing by; once stabilized, | ||
Mr. Arteaga was transferred by Life Flight to Memorial | ||
Hermann--Texas Medical Center for further treatment; today, having | ||
survived in the face of tremendous odds, he continues to make gains | ||
on his long road to recovery; and | ||
WHEREAS, Deserving of profound gratitude and recognition for | ||
their role in rescuing Mr. Arteaga are in-charge paramedics Carol | ||
Finnegan and Micheal Fischer, attendant Isaac Shaul, supervisor | ||
Sherry Sullivan, and call taker Danielle Williams of the Montgomery | ||
County Hospital District; deputies Brad Crandell, Kenneth Morris, | ||
and David Lasalle of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office; | ||
captains Galen Hargrave and Scott Geminden, firefighters Colby | ||
Anderson, Aaron Duhon, Brad LeVrier, Davin Heitmeyer, and Jacob | ||
Griffith, battalion chief Keith Soliz, and assistant chief Kevin | ||
Walters of the Magnolia Volunteer Fire Department; Peter Baty of | ||
Magnolia Towing; Tomball Regional Medical Center; and the Memorial | ||
Hermann Health System; and | ||
WHEREAS, By acting with skill and composure when every second | ||
counted, these dedicated individuals helped to prevent a crisis | ||
situation from becoming a tragedy, and in so doing, they | ||
demonstrated extraordinary commitment to their work and to the | ||
safety and welfare of the public; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby commend the men and women involved in the rescue | ||
of Jonathan Arteaga and extend to them sincere best wishes for the | ||
future. |