The emergency alarm went off just before sundown. For the oil-field medics of Loving County, that sound means your world is about to get a shot of adrenaline. One minute you might be lounging on the couch with the guys on call, watching Lethal Weapon 4, nursing a post-brisket food baby, and the next you’re in the back of an ambulance, watching a ribbon of West Texas highway unspool behind you, cursing yourself for not using the restroom before hustling out of the clinic. Which is exactly where I found myself one stormy Friday evening last July.An emergency medical technician named Justin Esthay was behind the wheel. Beside him, Anthony Luk, a paramedic trained for more-complex procedures, radioed to dispatch for directions. We were speeding toward…View Original PostThe post It’s Hard Out Here—Way, Way, Way Out Here—for a Medic appeared first on Texas Monthly.
