[00:00:03]
[EMS Graduation Ceremony ]
PLEASE BE SEATED IF YOU'RE ABLE, IF THERE'S A SEAT AVAILABLE.CADET WELCH, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
3, 2, 6, 10 AND JUDGE OVER FORWARD, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, LEFT.
AT THIS TIME I WILL ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE AS THE A TC HONOR GUARD PROVIDES THE PRESENTATION OF THE COLORS AFTERWARDS REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM SUNG BY AUSTIN LOCAL ENTERTAINERS JILL HOLMES AND ALANA BREEDLOVE, ALL UNIFORM PERSONNEL SHUT GUARD GARY KELLY.
LORD MARCH DETAIL HOLT LEFT FACE ALL UNIFORM PERSONNEL.
CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWNS WHAT SO PROUDLY WE AT THE TWILIGHT LAST SCREAMING WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS THROUGH THE FIGHT OR THE ROUND PARK WE WATCHED WERE SO STREAMING AND THE ROCKS THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE.
OH, SAY THAT STAR SPAN AND OF THE BRAVE ORDER THREE POST
[00:05:10]
PLEASE BE SEATED.I AM COMMANDER CHRIS TER AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SERVE AS THE MASTER OF CEREMONIES TODAY.
WELCOME TO THE GRADUATION OF AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS CLASS 0 3 2 6.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR DISTINGUISHED GUESTS WHO HAVE JOINED US.
COUNCIL MEMBER UCHIN AND ASHLEY COPE COPELAND WITH THE CENTRAL TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF AUSTIN.
TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME A-T-C-E-M-S MEDIC COURTNEY WRIGHT TO THE PODIUM TO DELIVER TODAY'S INVOCATION I.
TODAY WE GATHER IN COMMUNITY WITH GOOD INTENTION TO CELEBRATE THE END OF CLASS 0 3 2 SIXES ACADEMY TRAINING AND ALL OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THEREIN.
WE GATHER ALSO TO CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING OF THEIR CAREERS AS MEDICS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.
LET US NOW DRAW OUR ATTENTION TO THE EXCEPTIONAL CAREER WHICH THE INDIVIDUALS BEFORE US HAVE CHOSEN IN CHOOSING TO BE MEDICS.
OUR CADETS HAVE CHOSEN TO OPEN THEMSELVES TO THE WORLD AROUND THEM WHILE MANY OF US LIVE OUR LIVES.
IN PARALLEL TO OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING ONLY OUR OWN PERSONAL HARDSHIPS, JOYS AND TRAGEDIES, OUR CADETS WILL WALK TOWARDS THE THOUSANDS OF LIVES AROUND THEM.
IN DOING SO, THEY WILL FIND THEMSELVES EVERY DAY IN THE INTIMATE CORNERS OF OTHERS' LIVES.
WHAT ARE THESE CORNERS MADE OF? THEY'RE MADE OF FEAR, GRIEF AND LOVE MADE OF SUFFERING, VIOLENCE, AND THE ENDURING HUMAN SPIRIT.
IT IS THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO WAS JUST INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND FINDS HERSELF AFRAID BUT NOT ALONE IN THE BACK OF THE AMBULANCE.
IT IS THE ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS FALLEN FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK AND STRUGGLES TO ACCEPT THAT OUR PRESENCE MEANS HIS BODY CAN NO LONGER KEEP UP WITH HIS MIND.
IT IS THE PARENT WHO WATCHES A BELOVED CHILD'S GRAPPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND FEELS A LITTLE LESS ALONE WHEN OUR MEDICS SAY, WHEN I'M A PARENT TOO.
FOR THESE AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER SCENARIOS, OUR MEDICS HAVE CHOSEN TO BE THERE.
THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO BEAR WITNESS AND THEY HAVE BEEN ENDOWED WITH THE ABILITY AND SPIRIT TO HELP IN ANY AND ALL OF THE WAYS THAT THEY CAN.
AS A COMMUNITY, WE UPHOLD AND GIVE THANKS FOR THE CADETS BEFORE US.
WE GIVE THANKS THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN THIS EXCEPTIONAL CAREER.
WE GIVE THANKS ALSO FOR THEIR HEALTH, THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND ALL THAT ENABLES THEM TO PURSUE IT.
LET US ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN OPENING THEMSELVES TO THE WORLD IN THIS WAY, OUR MEDICS MAY BE CHALLENGED NOT ONLY BY COMPLEX SOCIETAL QUESTIONS BUT BY TRANSCENDENT QUESTIONS TOO.
WHETHER THEY IDENTIFY AS RELIGIOUS, SPIRITUAL, ATHEIST OR AGNOSTIC, OUR MEDICS ARE POSED TO FORM A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH SUFFERING AND DEATH.
IN DOING SO, THEY CONTINUE A FOUNDATIONAL TRAIT OF HUMANITY'S ANCIENT LINEAGE TO PERCEIVE AND QUESTION WHAT IS OR IS NOT BEYOND THIS LIFE, WE APPRECIATE THE GRAVITY OF THIS MOST SPECIAL CHALLENGE.
NOW WE SEND YOU FORTH, BUT FIRST WE OFFER YOU A SERIES OF BLESSINGS.
MAY YOUR HANDS BE STEADY AND YOUR MINDS SHARP.
MAY YOU ENDURE WHEN TIRED AND ENDURE WHEN DISCOURAGED.
MAY YOU HAVE MOMENTS OF LAUGHTER AND DELIGHT AND WHEN YOU FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THIS JOB A TIME WHICH WILL SURELY COME, MAY YOU FIND RESPITE IN THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS SITTING BESIDE YOU TODAY.
[00:10:01]
FINALLY, MAY YOUR WORDS AND ACTIONS BE AN INSPIRATION THAT YOUR SERVICE MAY GO BEYOND TRAVIS COUNTY AND REVERBERATE INTO THE BETTERMENT OF THE WORLD AROUND YOU.THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
JUST TWO MONTHS BEFORE WE ALL CAME TOGETHER, CLASS OH 3 2 6.
THIS ACADEMY CONSIDERED A NOVEL IDEA TO THE PROGRAM.
LET'S INTEGRATE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION ALONG WITH IN THE FIELD TRAINING THIS REDESIGN.
WHILE MAINTAINING OUR HIGH TRAINING STANDARDS, PLACED A STRONGER EMPHASIS ON AN IMMERSIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCE, GIVING CADET'S HANDS ON FIELD EXPERIENCE CEMENTING THE CONCEPTS THEY LEARNED IN THE CLASSROOM.
OVER THREE WEEKS OF THIS ACADEMY WAS SPENT IN THE REAL WORLD ON AMBULANCES.
THE CADETS EXECUTED THIS CURRICULUM.
OUR FIELD TRAINERS ENGAGED IN THE PROGRAM.
IN THIS CLASS OF 33 NEW EAGER CADETS EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS.
WHAT A WAY TO START NATIONAL EMS WEEK.
YOU CAME FROM MANY EXPERIENCES STEPPING INTO EMS FOR THE FIRST TIME, OTHERS BRINGING YEARS OF SERVICE.
WE HAVE OVER 11 STATES REPRESENTED IN TWO COUNTRIES ALL ARRIVING HERE IN TEXAS.
YOU CAME FROM MANY PATHS, CAREER CHANGES, NEW BEGINNINGS, BUT A HUNGER TO GROW AND NOW YOU STAND HERE UNITED UNDER ONE PATCH, THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS PATCH.
AT ORIENTATION, I SPOKE ABOUT COMMITMENT AND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN WE CHOOSE TO GIVE OURSELVES TO SOMETHING BIGGER THAN US.
YOU HAVE UH, YOUR ACTIONS HAVE EMBODIED THIS.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS ACADEMY, THIS DEPARTMENT, AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS CARRIED YOU.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO EACH OTHER HAS GIVEN YOU AN IDENTITY AND YOUR COMMITMENT THROUGH THE STRUGGLES.
THE RELENTLESS TEMPO THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF THIS ACADEMY REQUIRED SACRIFICE, ENDURANCE, AND A WILLINGNESS TO PUT OTHERS BEFORE YOURSELF.
AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES COMMITMENT TRANSFORMATIVE.
YOU HAVE FORGED BONDS, CARED FOR ONE ANOTHER AND BUILT RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL OUTLAST THIS ACADEMY.
WE HAVE BEEN HONORED TO WITNESS YOUR GROWTH.
WE ARE PROUD OF THIS ACADEMY CADRE WHO TRAINED AND MENTORED YOU.
THIS GROUP OF INSTRUCTORS HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES TO MAINTAIN OUR STANDARDS AND ENSURE YOUR SUCCESS.
THIS CURRICULUM WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO THE ACADEMY, OUR DIVISION, AND THIS DEPARTMENT WITH THE CADRE.
PLEASE STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED WHEN NAMED CAPTAIN JOHN HOWELL FIELD TRAINING OFFICER ANDREW WESTBY.
UNABLE TO JOIN US TODAY IS ALSO CAPTAIN BRENDAN K CLUKEY FIELD TRAINING OFFICER GIL TORRES AND FIELD TRAINING OFFICER TAYLOR POWELL, CLASS OH 3 2 6.
THIS IS NOT THE END OF YOUR JOURNEY.
IT IS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMITMENT.
CARRY IT WITH YOU, LIVE IT FULLY AND LET IT TRANSFORM NOT ONLY YOUR CAREER, BUT YOUR LIFE.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INVITE CADET MILO TO THE PODIUM TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF CADET CLASS 0 3 2 6.
TO OUR FAMILIES, FRIENDS, INSTRUCTORS, AND DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CADET CLASS 0 3 2 6 AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE A BIT OF OUR CLASSES STORY WITH YOU.
ON MARCH 23RD, WE ARRIVED AT THE SHAW LANE TRAINING FACILITY, 33 CADETS FROM ALL DIFFERENT WA WALKS OF LIFE AGES AND EXPERIENCE AND WE FILED INTO THE CLASSROOM ON THAT FIRST DAY NOT KNOWING WHAT EXACTLY TO EXPECT.
EVEN THIS EARLY INTO THE ADVENTURE, I FOUND MYSELF LOOKING AROUND THE ROOM AND WAS STRUCK BY HOW MUCH
[00:15:02]
WE CLICKED TOGETHER, HOW THE GROUP CARRIED THEMSELVES.AFTER HAVING JUST MET MY FELLOW CADETS, IT FELT LIKE THIS GROUP WAS ON THE SAME PAGE.
WE WERE NOT JUST HERE FOR OURSELVES, BUT WE WERE HERE FOR EACH OTHER AS WELL.
AS TIME WENT ON, THIS FEELING CONTINUED TO GROW AND IT QUICKLY BECAME APPARENT THAT I HAD FOUND MYSELF A PART OF SOMETHING TRULY SPECIAL.
A TEAM COMMITTED NOT ONLY TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S PROGRESS, BUT WITH EACH OTHER'S SUCCESS AND WELLBEING.
GENUINE SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT WAS GIVEN FREELY AND WITHOUT PRETENSE AND WE WOULD ALL QUICKLY FIND OUT JUST HOW IMPORTANT THAT DYNAMIC WOULD BE FOR OUR SUCCESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THIS ACADEMY PUSHED US IN WAYS, FEW EXPERIENCES CAN WE ENDURED EARLY MORNINGS, LONG NIGHTS, EXTREMELY BUSY WEEKS.
WE WERE CONSISTENTLY CHALLENGED, OFTEN PLACED OUTSIDE OF OUR COMFORT ZONES AND EXPECTED TO FACE SITUATIONS THAT TESTED BOTH OUR COURAGE AND OUR RESILIENCE.
FROM LEARNING TO NAVIGATE SWIFT DANGEROUS WATERS TO STEPPING OVER A RAILING A HUNDRED FEET IN THE AIR AND REPELLING DOWN MANY OF US FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, WE WERE ASKED TO CONFRONT REAL FEAR AND PUSH BEYOND IT.
THROUGH EACH CHALLENGE, THE ACADEMY AND OUR INSTRUCTORS NOT ONLY BUILT OUR SKILLS, BUT ALSO STRENGTHENED OUR CONFIDENCE AND DETERMINATION.
THIS CLASS DIDN'T JUST ENDURE THE PROCESS.
WE SUPPORTED ONE ANOTHER THROUGH IT, WE CELEBRATED EACH OTHER'S WINS.
WE PICKED EACH OTHER UP WHEN THINGS DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED AND WE HAD EACH OTHER'S BACKS IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY.
THIS PROFESSION WILL DEMAND A GREAT DEAL FROM US.
IT WILL PLACE US IN SITUATIONS MOST WILL HOPEFULLY NEVER HAVE TO EXPERIENCE AT MOMENTS WHEN THE PEOPLE WE ARE THERE TO HELP ARE POTENTIALLY FACING THE WORST MOMENT OF THEIR LIVES, MOMENTS THAT THEY WILL NEVER FORGET.
MOMENTS THAT THEIR LIVES WILL BE CHANGED BY FOREVER.
AND ONCE THAT MOMENT IS OVER, IT WILL DEMAND THAT WE BE READY FOR THE NEXT CALL AND BE AT OUR VERY BEST FOR THE NEXT PERSON'S WORST MOMENT EVER.
IT IS TRULY A PRIVILEGE TO BE A CRUCIAL PART IN RETURNING SOMEONE SAFELY TO THEIR LOVED ONES, BUT WITH THAT PRIVILEGE, IT DEMANDS TIME, ENERGY, AND RESILIENCE.
AND WITHOUT A STRONG SUPPORT GROUP, IT CAN TAKE A TOLL ON OUR EMPATHY AND COMPASSION TO SUCC.
TO SUCCESSFULLY MEET THESE DEMANDS, WE WILL NEED TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND WE'LL NEED THE SUPPORT OF OUR PEOPLE.
WE NEED PEOPLE YOU CAN TRUST, THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT YOU AND LOOK OUT FOR YOU, THE PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU FACE ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND IF THE STORY OF THIS CLASS TELLS ME ANYTHING IS THAT WE ARE PREPARED TO WALK THIS PATH AND TO MEET THOSE CHALLENGES TOGETHER, I WANT TO THANK OUR INSTRUCTORS AND MENTORS WHO HELD US TO A HIGH STANDARD AND HELPED US PREPARE FOR THE CHALLENGES AHEAD AND DID SO IN A WAY THAT LED US KNOW THAT WE WERE ON THIS PATH TOGETHER ALONGSIDE THEM REGARDLESS OF WHAT STAGE WE HAPPEN TO BE ON.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.
YOU HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGH THE LONG HOURS AND THE MOMENTS WHEN THE JOURNEY WAS NOT EASY.
THIS JOB ASKS A LOT OF YOU AS WELL.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE, WILL CONTINUE TO BE ESSENTIAL FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
THIS CLASS HAD BEEN ONE OF COMRADERY AND TEAMWORK.
WE SHOWED UP FOR ONE ANOTHER AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO WHEN MATTERS MOST.
I'M SO EXCITED FOR OUR TEAM TO NOW MOVE OUT INTO THE AUSTIN EMS FAMILY.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE THIS ADVENTURE TAKES US.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND, LET'S ALL GIVE US A ROUND OF APPLAUSE 'CAUSE WE FOUND OUR PEOPLE.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE FIELD TRAINING OFFICER ANDREW WESTBY TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT OUR CADET AWARD PLEASE.
I'M A FIELD TRAINING OFFICER FOR THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS CADET ACADEMY.
THIS AFTERNOON IT IS MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE CADET LEADERSHIP AWARD, THE DEPARTMENT AWARDS PROGRAM MANUAL STATES.
THE CADET LEADERSHIP AWARD WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CADET WHO DISPLAYS EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP QUALITIES THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMY.
THE CRITERIA FOR THE AWARD READS NOMINATION FOR THE AWARD
[00:20:01]
COMES FROM THE A-T-C-E-M-S ACADEMY.EDUCATIONAL STAFF AND RECOMMENDATION MUST BE UNANIMOUS.
IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS PRESENTED TO SOMEONE IN EVERY CADET CLASS IN MY THREE AND A HALF YEARS AT THE ACADEMY, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED IT.
HOWEVER, IN CLASS OH 3 2 6, THE ACADEMY CADRE BELIEVED THAT NO OTHER RECOGNITION WAS SUFFICIENT.
OUR BELIEF THAT THIS CADET WAS WORTHY OF THE AWARD HAS BEEN FURTHER REINFORCED.
AFTER THIS CADET'S PEERS REACHED OUT TO THE CADRE TO ASK WHAT OPTIONS WERE AVAILABLE FOR.
RECOGNIZING THIS CADET LEADERSHIP AS A CADET IS CHALLENGING.
A CADET DOES NOT HAVE THE BENEFIT OF RANK OR A BODY OF WORK WITHIN THE AGENCY THAT THEY ARE JOINING TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO THEIR WORDS.
SO HOW DOES A CADET BECOME A LEADER? JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, THE SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ONCE WROTE, IF YOUR ACTIONS INSPIRE OTHERS TO DREAM MORE, LEARN MORE, DO MORE, AND BECOME MORE, YOU ARE A LEADER.
THIS QUOTE IS THE PERFECT DISTILLATION OF THIS CADET'S THAT WE, THIS CADET THAT WE HONOR TODAY.
THEY WERE GRACIOUS WITH THEIR TIME SPENDING HOURS AFTER CLASS WITH THEIR FELLOW CADETS ON EVENINGS AND WEEKENDS TO PROCTOR STUDY SESSIONS TO ENSURE ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
THEY PERFORMED ADMIRABLY WHEN ASSIGNED TO THE CADET GROUP SUPERVISOR ROLE WORKING POLITELY AND PROFESSIONALLY AS A GO-BETWEEN FOR CADETS AND CADRE.
THEY WERE AND CONTINUE TO BE AN INSPIRATION EVEN THIS MORNING DURING THE CADET RUN.
THEIR DEDICATION TO FORGING AHEAD DESPITE EASIER BEING, EASIER PATHS BEING OFFERED HAS INSPIRED MYSELF TO LEANING ON THAT QUOTE FROM JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ONCE AGAIN, DO MORE AND BECOME MORE.
THEY EVEN DESIGNED WHAT I MUST SAY IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE CLASS FLAGS WE HAVE EVER HAD.
WITH THAT, IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO PRESENT THE A-T-C-E-M-S CADET LEADERSHIP AWARD TO MR. WILLEM MILO.
NOW IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S KEYNOTE SPEAKER.
HE HAS OVER 25 YEARS OF EMS EXPERIENCE AS AN EMT PARAMEDIC EDUCATOR, ATTORNEY, AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADER.
HE'S ALSO A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SPEAKER AND CONSULTANT ON LEADERSHIP THEORY, ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR, DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION.
HERE AT AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS, WE ARE PROUD TO SIMPLY CALL HIM CHIEF.
PLEASE WELCOME AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS CHIEF ROBERT LUCRE.
WELL, FOR THE FOLKS THAT COME TO MULTIPLE GRADUATIONS, THEY KNOW HOW I FEEL EVERY TIME I STAND UP HERE AT THIS PODIUM.
IT REALLY IS KIND OF AN OVERWHELMING MOMENT AS YOU TAKE A LOOK OUT AT EVERYONE HERE IN THIS AUDITORIUM AND REALIZE JUST A BREATH OF SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL HAVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
TODAY, WE'RE IN AN AUDITORIUM WITH STANDING ROOM ONLY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, TAKE A LOOK BEHIND YOU CADETS.
WE HAVE FILLED EVERY SINGLE SEAT IN THIS AUDITORIUM AND THEN SOME IN RECOGNITION OF THE AMAZING ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT YOU HAVE HAD OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I DO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE JOINED US HERE TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER UCHIN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, RAMON BATISTA.
MARK ESCOTT, OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR.
ASHLEY COPELAND FROM THE CENTRAL, CENTRAL TEXAS PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION IS ALSO WITH US HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
AND IF I'VE MISSED ANYONE, I APOLOGIZE.
IT JUST GOES TO SHOW ALL OF THE GREAT SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE AT AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS, AND THAT YOU HAVE AS NEW AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS MEDICS.
AS YOU TAKE A MINUTE AND YOU THINK, THINK BACK OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, I'M SURE THAT FOR ALL OF YOU THERE WERE UPS AND THERE WERE DOWNS.
IS THAT FAIR TO SAY? IT WAS SEVERAL, MANY LONG WEEKS OF HARD WORK.
AND THE THING IS THAT YOU ALL HAD OTHER OPTIONS.
YOU HAD OTHER THINGS THAT YOU COULD BE DOING.
[00:25:01]
YOU COULD HAVE JOINED OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE FIRE SERVICE.YOU COULD HAVE JOINED OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU COULD BECOME A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, A NURSE, OR ANY OF THE MANY, MANY, MANY OTHER NOBLE PROFESSIONS, BOTH IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTHCARE AND ELSEWHERE.
BUT INSTEAD, YOU CHOSE TO BECOME AN AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS MEDIC.
AND HERE WE ARE TODAY CELEBRATING YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT TODAY IS NOT THE END.
TODAY IS THE BEGINNING OF A LONG JOURNEY OF A WONDERFUL CAREER, AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES THAT WILL, THAT IS WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO MAKE OF IT.
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO LOOK ACROSS THIS ROOM TO LOOK A LOT ACROSS THESE FIRST TWO ROWS HERE.
AND WHAT I SEE IS NOT JUST A LOT OF WHITE SHIRTS WITH TIES ON WAITING TO PUT THEIR BADGES ON.
WHAT I SEE IS A DIVERSE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT REPRESENT ALL WALKS OF LIFE, ALL AREAS OF THE NATION AND BEYOND.
ACROSS THE GLOBE, THE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES THAT YOU ALL BRING TO AUSTIN.
TRAVIS COUNTY EMS IS WHAT MAKES AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS WHAT IT IS TODAY.
NOW, TODAY THIS ACADEMY THAT WE SEE HERE, THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL ACADEMY, RIGHT? YOU ARE THE FIRST GRADUATE IN CLASS OF OF OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
WE'RE STANDING HERE IN THE BOB BULLOCK, TEXAS HISTORY MUSEUM.
AND AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT NEW VENUES AS WE RELOCATED OUR GRADUATION, IT STRUCK US THAT IF NOT THE TEXAS CAPITAL BUILDING, WHERE ELSE COULD WE CELEBRATE? AND AS WE ARE HERE, ARE HERE TODAY, NOT JUST CELEBRATING THIS ACADEMY, BUT CELEBRATING OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
WHAT A BETTER PLACE TO CELEBRATE YOU THAN IN A BUILDING THAT CELEBRATES THE HISTORY OF TEXAS.
AND IF WE THINK ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT, HERE YOU ARE JOINING AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. THE FIRST CLASS OF 20 26, 50 YEARS AGO, THE FIRST EMTS AND PARAMEDICS WERE PUTTING ON THEIR UNIFORMS, FIGURING OUT WHO THEY WERE GONNA BE AND JOINING OUR ORGANIZATION.
YOU TRULY ARE THE NEXT GENERATION OF BOSTON.
TRAVIS COUNTY EMS MEDICS TODAY IS ALSO SPECIAL AS THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF EMS WEEK.
THIS YEAR'S EMS WEEK THEME IS IMPROVING OUTCOMES TOGETHER.
AND THAT PHRASE TRULY CAPTURES WHAT EMS IS AND WHAT AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS IS TODAY IMPROVING OUTCOMES TOGETHER.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT E MAKES EMS SO SPECIAL, THAT FOCUS IS WHAT MAKES EMS SO SPECIAL.
WE TRULY ARE MUCH LIKE A TRIANGLE.
THE CROSSROAD OF HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
YOU ARE UNIQUE HEALTHCARE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
YOU WHAT YOU'VE GAINED OUT OF THIS ACADEMY OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IS A UNIQUE ABILITY TO SPEAK ALL OF THOSE LANGUAGES.
YOU SPEAK HEALTHCARE, RIGHT? YOU CAN SPEAK TO OUR PHYSICIANS, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE GONNA BE GREETING YOU.
WHEN YOU DELIVER A PATIENT, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES THEM TICK, BUT YOU ALSO SPEAK PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU CAN SPEAK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS FOR SCENE SAFETY AND FOR HIERARCHY AND FOR ORDER.
YOU COULD SPEAK PUBLIC HEALTH.
YOU KNOW WHAT EPIDEMIOLOGY IS.
YOU UNDERSTAND HOW DISEASE PROCESSES WORK AND YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT PRECEDED YOU WILL BE ON THE FRONTLINE OF FUTURE PANDEMICS.
AND WE'RE ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHEN IT WAS HERE IN AUSTIN LEADING THE CHARGE.
WHAT'S ALSO UNIQUE TO ME ABOUT EMS IS WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE AS AN INDUSTRY, WE ARE A YOUNG INDUSTRY.
IF WE SPEAK TO OUR COLLEAGUES AT THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR HUNDREDS OF
[00:30:01]
YEARS.THEY FIGURED OUT WHAT THEIR MISSION IS, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING NEXT.
BUT AT 50 YEARS OLD AND STILL BEING ONE OF THE FIRST ORGANIZED DMS SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY WITH AN INDUSTRY THAT'S 50 YEARS OLD, NOT STARTED IN THE 17 AND 18 HUNDREDS, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP WRITE THE BOOK TO SHAPE THIS INDUSTRY FOR WHAT IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.
AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST PREMIER EMS AGENCIES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS DEPARTMENT AND FOR YOU TO BE JOINING US AS WE CONTINUE TO SET THE GOLD STANDARD FOR WHAT EMS IS IN THIS COUNTRY.
WHEN WE WERE VISITED JUST A FEW YEARS AGO BY A SMALL ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC UK, THEY CAME TO AUSTIN BECAUSE AS THEY DESCRIBED TO ME WHEN THEY REACHED OUT TO EMS AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, THEY WERE TOLD THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE TO VISIT.
IF YOU WANNA SEE THE BEST EMS SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY.
THEY DESCRIBED AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS AS THE CROWN JEWEL IN EMS, THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF EMS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT IS AUSTIN, TEXAS.
NOW WHY IS THAT? WHY ARE WE SO WELL POSITIONED HERE IN AUSTIN? IT'S BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMING COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE HERE.
ELECTED OFFICIALS TAKING THE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY IN THE COURSE OF A HEAVY BUDGET SEASON WITH SO MANY THINGS GOING ON, BUT THEY WANT TO BE HERE TO RECOGNIZE YOU, RIGHT? OUR CITY, BOTH OUR CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS OUR MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT EMS IS CRITICAL TO WHAT WE DO IN THIS COMMUNITY.
WHY ELSE ARE WE OF ALL POSITION AS A THIRD SERVICE EMS ENTITY? AS AN INDEPENDENT EMS AGENCY, AN INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT WITHIN THIS CITY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A SINGULAR FOCUS FOCUSING ON THE MISSION OF PROVIDING THE BEST POSSIBLE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TO THIS COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THAT, WE CONTINUE OUR FOCUS ON INNOVATION AND OUR ABILITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES ACROSS AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY.
THERE IS A BREADTH OF EXPERIENCE HERE IN THIS ORGANIZATION AND ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS THAT I FIND HERE IS OUR ABILITY TO FOCUS ON YOUR WELLBEING WITH A ROBUST WELLNESS PROGRAM FOCUSED NOT ONLY ON ENSURING YOU'RE THE BEST CLINICIANS, BUT THAT YOU HAVE A ROBUST RESOURCES FOR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, FOR YOUR PHYSICAL FITNESS.
BECAUSE IF WE DON'T CARE FOR YOU, YOU CAN'T CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE ARE BLESSED HERE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT IS INVESTED IN THAT.
AND OF COURSE, WHAT ELSE MAKES US WELL POSITIONED IS THE ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL CLINICIANS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT AUSTIN.
TRAVIS COUNTY EMS FOR WHICH YOU ARE GONNA BE JOINING.
NOW, I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE 50 YEARS OLD AS AN ORGANIZATION AND AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS CONTINUES TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT.
BUT WHERE WERE WE 50 YEARS AGO? 50 YEARS AGO, WE WERE COMING OFF THE HEELS OF EMS BEING PROVIDED BY FUNERAL HOMES WHERE AMBULANCES WERE JUST FUNERAL, WERE JUST HEARSES WITH FLASHING LIGHTS ON THEM WHERE THERE'S MINIMAL FIRST AID TRAINING PROVIDED TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND AUSTIN SAW THE LIGHT AND SAID, WE ARE GONNA BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF EMS SYSTEM.
AND WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY SINCE THAT DAY BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT FROM OUR ADVANCING PROTOCOLS TO OUR INDUSTRY LEADING COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM TO OUR SPECIAL OPERATIONS TEAMS, OUR ELITE AND NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED COMMUNICATION CENTER AND OUR SPECIAL EVENTS SECTION.
NOT TO MENTION OUR LIFE SAVING WHOLE BLOOD PROGRAM THAT HAS PROVEN ITSELF TIME AND TIME AGAIN JUST THIS YEAR AND JUST THIS WEEK.
THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS CONTINUES TO BE A DESTINATION FOR THIS INDUSTRY, BOTH HERE IN TEXAS, ACROSS THE NATION AND ACROSS THE GLOBE.
WHEN I ASKED YOU ALL, WHEN I MET WITH YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I SAID, WHY DID YOU JOIN US? RIGHT? YOU ALL STATED TO ME, RECOGNIZE THE PHENOMENAL WORK AND THAT THIS IS A DESTINATION FOR OUR INDUSTRY.
WE CONTINUE TO BE A BEACON FOR THE REST OF THIS INDUSTRY, FOR OUR CUTTING EDGE MEDICINE, OUR DIVERSE OPPORTUNITIES, OUR SINGLE DELIVERY MODEL IN OUR SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY.
BUT AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS IS A BEACON FOR SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
IT IS ALSO A BEACON OF INCLUSIVITY.
TRAVIS COUNTY EMS IS A PLACE WHERE ANYONE IS WELCOME, WHERE ALL ARE WELCOME REGARDLESS OF BACKGROUND OR WHO THEY ARE.
THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME TO HAVE JOIN AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. THE GROWTH WE ARE SEEING IN CENTRAL TEXAS
[00:35:01]
IS UNPARALLELED AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITY LEADERSHIP GIVE US FOR INNOVATION ARE UNBELIEVABLE.BUT GROWTH ALSO MEANS CHALLENGE.
BUT WE ARE RISING TO THAT CHALLENGE AS WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO GROW OUR ORGANIZATION, THE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH CHANGE, THE NEED TO BE INNOVATIVE.
AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY EMS IS RAISING RISING TO THOSE CHALLENGES AND I KNOW YOU WILL ALL JOIN US AS WE RISE TO THOSE CHALLENGES BECAUSE WE HAVE PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS, WE HAVE SELFLESS INDIVIDUALS, WE HAVE DEDICATED CLINICIANS, AND WE ARE READY TO TAKE ON THE NEXT CHALLENGE.
AND SO WE THINK ABOUT WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? AND I SAY THESE THINGS.
IMAGINE A PLACE WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL INSTEAD OF TAKING 'EM TO THE HOSPITAL.
IMAGINE A PLACE WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED ON INJURY PREVENTION, SIMILAR TO HOW OUR FIRE COLLEAGUES FOCUS ON FIRE PREVENTION INSTEAD OF TAKING PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL, IMAGINE A PLACE WHERE THE HE WHERE WE ARE FULLY INTEGRATED INTO THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND IMAGINE A PLACE WHERE YOU FOCUS ON COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING.
AND I WILL TELL YOU HERE, STOP IMAGINING BECAUSE THAT IS THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU ARE JOINING TODAY.
A MS WEEK, 25 YEARS AGO IN 2001, THE SLOGAN WAS ANSWERING THE CALL EMS WEEK SLOGAN.
THIS YEAR IS IMPROVING OUTCOMES TOGETHER.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE DICHOTOMY OF THOSE TWO SLOGANS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR MISSION HAS CHANGED, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN AUSTIN IS SETTING THE BAR FOR THE COMMUNITY, FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND GETTING THE RIGHT RESOURCES TO THOSE IN NEED.
WE DO IT WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR MORE THAN 600 EMTS AND PARAMEDICS DEDICATED ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGES THAT FACE US WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION RESIDENTS HERE IN AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY AND THEIR SUPPORT.
WE WILL RISE TO THE CHALLENGE.
WE ARE INVESTED IN YOUR SUCCESS.
I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION, WHETHER IT BE OUR SPECIALTY TEAMS BECOMING AN ADVANCED PRACTICE PARAMEDIC OR ANY OF THE MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU ARE RIGHT NOW THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE IS FOR YOU IN THIS ORGANIZATION BECAUSE OUR TIME HERE AT THIS ORGANIZATION IS LIMITED, BUT AS I LOOK OUT ONTO A CLASS OF 35, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU WILL BE SITTING UP HERE ONE DAY IF NOT STANDING AT THIS PODIUM, AND I AM SO EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE.
YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF ALSO TRAVIS COUNTY MS AND I CONGRATULATE YOU.
I WANNA BE SURE TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE ROOM.
I ASK YOU TO TURN AROUND ONCE.
PLEASE TURN AROUND ONE MORE TIME AND LET US THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS COME HERE TO SUPPORT US ALL OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THESE CADETS TO JOIN THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS FAMILY, TO GIVING UP FAMILY EVENTS, RECOGNIZING THE NEED TO WORK NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS, AND JOINING US FOR THIS NOBLE CAUSE.
OF COURSE, I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ACADEMY CADRE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU DO TO BRING THESE CADETS ALONG AND PREPARE THEM FOR THEIR AMAZING JOURNEY AT AUSTIN.
TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE EMS PROVIDERS IN THIS ROOM, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COLLEAGUES FOR JOINING US.
I PROMISE THAT I WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT ALL OF YOU AND UNDERSTAND HOW PROUD I AM TO BE YOUR CHIEF AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO NOT LET YOU DOWN.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU CONTINUE TO AMAZE ME EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND I AM SO HUMBLED BY THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE AS YOUR CHIEF.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S NOW TIME FOR THE PINNING OF BADGES AND PRESENTATIONS OF STETHOSCOPES.
BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF WHAT'S TO COME.
BADGES A SYMBOL OF SERVICE AND AND COMMITMENT.
THE BADGE YOU RECEIVE TODAY REPRESENTS MORE THAN JUST A SYMBOL OF YOUR PROFESSION.
IT REPRESENTS YOUR OATH TO SERVICE, TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WITH INTEGRITY, COURAGE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
IT IS A VISIBLE REMINDER OF THE COMMITMENT YOU HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED BOTH IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM.
THE INDIVIDUAL PINNING YOUR BADGE TODAY IS SOMEONE SIGNIFICANT IN YOUR LIFE,
[00:40:01]
A PERSON WHO HAS SUPPORTED YOU, INSPIRED YOU, AND STOOD BESIDE YOU THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY.THEIR PRESENCE IN THIS MOMENT SPEAKS TO THE PERSONAL STRENGTH AND SUPPORT BEHIND EACH OF YOU.
STETHOSCOPES A SYMBOL OF HEART AND COMMUNITY.
THE STETHOSCOPE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IS ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED TOOLS IN OUR FIELD, BUT BEYOND ITS CLINICAL PURPOSE, IT CONNECTS YOU WITH WHAT LIES BENEATH THE HEARTBEAT OF YOUR PATIENTS.
IT REMINDS US THAT ALL THAT ALL EMS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT SKILL AND RAPID RESPONSE, BUT ALSO ABOUT COMPASSION, LISTENING AND GENUINE CARE.
THE STETHOSCOPE WILL BE LAID ON EACH CADET BY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, DR.
MARK ESCOT, A LEADER WHO REPRESENTS THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALISM AND SERVICE IN OUR FIELD.
WE ARE HONORED BY HIS PRESENCE AND HIS ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR MISSION AND OUR PEOPLE.
TOGETHER IS THE WHOLE MISSION.
WARN TOGETHER YOUR BADGE AND STETHOSCOPE, COMPLETE THE IMAGE OF AN AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY.
EMS PROFESSIONAL OF BADGE CALLS YOU TO DUTY.
THE STETHOSCOPE CALLS YOU TO HUMANITY.
TOGETHER THEY REPRESENT THE TRUST THIS COMMUNITY HAS PLACED IN EACH OF YOU TO PROTECT, TO CARE, AND TO SERVE.
YOU DID THAT WITHOUT EVEN ME HAVING TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.
OKAY, CADET J ANTHONY, BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HER PARENTS, DON JEFFRIES.
WALTER ANTHONY, COUNCIL CADET THOMAS ELLA'S ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, MARIA AND THOMAS BAREZ.
CADET ASHTON COOK, BEING ACCOMPANIED BY ACADEMY CADRE, FTO, ANDREW WESTBY.
CADET ANDREW KOTTER, BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HIS GIRLFRIEND, STEPHANIE TOOTH CADET ALEXIS FORD BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HER BOYFRIEND, JOSE
CADET RYAN FRIDAY BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, TAMARA JONES
[00:45:29]
CADET CHRISTOPHER GONZALEZ RAMIREZ, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER, A RAMIREZ CADET.BRAD GREER, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, STELLA GREER CADET ANDREW HAGER, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, KATHY HAGER AND SONS HENDRICKSON LENNON CADET BLAKE JONES, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, LAURA JONES.
THANK CADET JOSHUA CARNES, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, CHRISTINA AND BATTALION CHIEF OF 25 YEARS WITH THE LEANDER FIRE DEPARTMENT, JIM CARNES.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GROW.
CADET KRISTEN LANG, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND, BRETT LANG CADET SARAH LOPEZ BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HER CHILDREN, RAYA AND ELIAS
[00:50:50]
LOOK LIKE FUN CADET NICOLE LUNDY, ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND, CONNOR AND DAUGHTERS CHARLOTTE AND LAURA LEE CADET.HANNAH LUPA, ACCOMPANIED BY HER SPOUSE, EVAN CHU CADET CAMILA MAYOR, ACCOMPANIED BY HER, HER PARTNER, DYLAN BROSSARD CADET.
COOPER MILLER, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS GRANDMOTHER, LINDA MARTIN.
CADET WILLEM MILO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, MELISSA MILO, COMMUNICATIONS CLINICAL SPECIALIST.
GARRETT MOORE, BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, KAYLYN MOORE
[00:55:19]
CADET TAMARA NE, ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOTHER AND SISTER, MICHELLE AND YELENA.YEAH, HE'S BEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION.
BUT CADET MAYA ORNSTEIN, ACCOMPANIED BY HER MOTHER AND SISTER, GLI AND HEALY.
CADET SIMON PEREZ, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, MONICA AND JJ PEREZ.
JACOB PETERSON, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER, JENNIFER PETERSON.
DENNIS GROSS CADET CHAD READER BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HIS SPOUSE AND CHILDREN.
THANK CADET LAUREN RIZZO BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN, ELIAS RIZZO, EZ CHLOE AND ELIA RIZZO.
[01:00:06]
CADET JACKSON GERBA BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HIS FATHER, GEORGE GERBA.20 YEAR TRAINING OFFICER OF CASTLE ROCK FIRE DEPARTMENT CADET ISABELLE VAUGHN, ACCOMPANIED BY HER PARTNER, DON LOPEZ CADET TAN TVO, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER TRON.
CONGRATULATIONS CADET ELIZA WELCH, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS MOTHER YING JUAN WELCH.
CADET PRICE WILLIAMS BEING ACCOMPANIED BY HER FATHER WITH 32 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN, DENNIS WILLIAMS. OKAY, CADET JAMES WILFORD, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, JAMES AND LISA WILFORD.
YES, CONGRATULATIONS OF COURSE.
CADET PATRICK WHITE CO ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PARENTS, MICHELLE AND ELVIN WHITE CO
[01:05:08]
CADET SETH YS BEING ACCOMPANIED BY ACADEMY CADRE.CAPTAIN JOHN HOWELL, EVERY DAY HERE TAKE WITH YOU.
I AM REALLY GLAD I FOUND THAT PIECE OF PAPER CADETS.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE OATH OF SERVICE ADMINISTERED BY CHIEF LUCRE CADETS.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HANDS AS A PROVIDER WITH AUSTIN.
TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR TO DO THE FOLLOWING? TO HONOR OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, RESPECT OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR COLLEAGUES, AND YOURSELF TO CONSERVE LIFE, ALLEVIATE SUFFERING, PROMOTE HEALTH AND DO NO HARM TO TREAT EVERY PATIENT'S NEEDS INDIVIDUALLY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME AND TO UPHOLD THE HIGH STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND EDUCATION.
DO YOU ALSO SWEAR TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE? BY EMBRACING AND FOSTERING AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE YOU ENCOUNTER? TO ALWAYS VIEW YOUR OP VIEW YOUR OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE OTHERS AS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR, AND TO PROUDLY REPRESENT THE BEST EMS SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY.
THEN BY MY AUTHORITY AS CHIEF OF EMSI NOW CERTIFY THAT YOU ARE OFFICIALLY AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY EMS, MEDICS AND CLINICAL SPECIALISTS.
THAT WAS PART OF THE TEST IS NOT TELL YOU GUYS WHAT TO SAY.
YOU, YOU GUYS MAY HAVE A SEAT.
WE NOW HAVE A VIDEO PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO ENJOY WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LAST EIGHT WEEKS.
ONE ALL CLEAR, THE MORE CALM WE INTRODUCE AND THE LESS CHAOS.
JUMP BACK ON THAT CHEST PULSE CHECKS, COUPLES VFI CLEAR.
GOT A PULSE GUYS PAD GOING ON THE BACK, WE'RE GONNA TURN 1, 2, 3.
[01:11:01]
CHECK FOR HEAD INJURY HEAD.ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO ANY MEDICATIONS? OH, I DUNNO.
OKAY, THIS IS THE SECOND ICL DRESSING.
HELLO, I AM CADET NEGA OF OH 3 2 6 CADET JONES, CLASS OF OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET LUNDY OF CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET WOFFORD CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET WILLIAMS FROM CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET MILLER WITH CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET ZO OF CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I AM CADET SHERPA OF CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET GONZALEZ FROM CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET READER OF CLASS 0 3 2 6.
I'M CADET GREER OF CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET COOK FROM CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET MOORE FROM CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET LANG OF CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET FRIDAY FROM CLASS 0 3 2 6.
I'M CADET MAYOR OF CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET WCO WITH CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET EZ WITH CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET LOPEZ, CLASS OF OH 3 26.
I'M CADET PETERSON OF CLASS OH 3 26.
I'M CADET ANTHONY OF CLASS OH 3 2 6.
I'M CADET CARNES OF CLASS OH 3 2 6.
THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S CEREMONY.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF AUSTIN.
TRAVIS COUNTY EMS. WE INVITE YOU TO GRAB A GIFT BAG RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE THEATER ON YOUR WAY OUT.
CADETS, YOU ARE ALSO INVITED AND WELCOME TO BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO CHECK OUT THE AMBULANCE PARKED OUTSIDE IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO YET.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND TO SUPPORT OUR CADETS CLASS OH 3 2 6.