‘The best part of someone’s worst day’ – a Texas paramedic honored in the nation’s capital

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – A Texas paramedic was honored Monday in Washington, D.C. by the American Ambulance Association. Darla Biggerstaff is understood by colleagues for with the ability to keep calm in the most nerve-racking conditions.

Biggerstaff stated, “My rules are no one dies, multiplies, or is allowed to panic until I do. It reminds the first responders that we get to go home at the end of the day no matter what. And it reminds the patient that if I’m not panicking, everything is going to be fine.”

Texas paramedic Darla Biggerstaff stated her guidelines are supposed to assist her coworkers and sufferers.

She stated, “My favorite part of this career is that I get to be the best part of someone’s worst day. And I love doing that.”

Biggerstaff obtained a Stars for Life medallion from the American Ambulance Association.

Biggerstaff stated, “I love the patients. I love the people that I work with. They’re all family. So, I really appreciate every one of them. And I would not be here without them. So, I love them so much.”

Organizers stated the Stars for Life program is supposed to rejoice ambulance service professionals who go above and past, and stated the work has been particularly powerful over the previous few years by means of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rob Lawrence, the American Ambulance Association communications chairman, stated, “It’s just a chance to say thank you to them for the great job that they do.”

More than 100 non-public ambulance service paramedics, EMTs, and dispatchers from round the nation have been acknowledged.

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