their best or is copycat Tony Buzbee I don’t get paid. The ice. I don’t need to be
>>Welcome back for the first time in its history lifeline has a woman at the helm of the
medical service had doctor
Leslie Osborne is only the 3rd
person to ever serve in that
position. A job originally held
by the legendary doctor
red Duke Channel 2 health
reporter Haley Hernandez sits
down for a Sunday conversation
with doctor Oz for it.
>>So when you take over as the new director for July 1st was our first start date so I took
over as the medical director
and then they buy or to covers
the assistant medical director
for life right.
>>It’s a kind of a big deal for
you because you’re there for
them only one of 3 directors
ever and the first female
correct yeah, I mean I agree
with you it’s a big deal not in
the sense that I feel like I’m
a big deal but I think that the
program has a history that’s
pretty incredible.
>>And especially the first
person who started life fight
not to 76 doctor Duke that
everyone knows and loves and
misses it people from Texas and
that very well. He
set a legacy that I think will
be a
very difficult to match, but
something that I think will
continue to strive for.
>>What’s it like taking over
that kind of legacy. Good
it’s starting. Not to the area,
it’s starting
but I mean I think it sets the
bar very high for for us and I
think that’s appropriate.
>>You know his vision for life
I was to take the care we
provide in the emergency
department and he provided in.
>>In the are and take it to the
the scene of the accident to
the side of the injured patient
and I think that that view and
that
early on was pretty incredible
and unmatched and I still think
that we have a vision that’s
relatively unmatched in the
country we’ve expanded our
vision to include medical
patients in pediatrics and
obstetrics and a specialized
patient care. But I think we
still have the same vision of
of taking what we can do in the
emergency department in the O r
directly to the patient whether
it be at the side of a car
accident or at a local small
rural community. Emergency
department that needs our help
and needs our care.
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>>Out of the
whole country. Your program
sees more patients than any
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other hot.
We see about what about 3,000
mission here.
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You guys got to see it this morning we’re busy and up and running. We’re on 24 7 thing.
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The question so
>>went to Princeton University
that I was going to complete
college and entering paramedics
certification and that’s.
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>>Change tonight by the medical school and on and thankfully and so here I am I what
emergency medicine residency in
South Carolina.
>>And during residency got
involved again in EMS
and so I started to Michael
direction for spot team in
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South Carolina. And have
continued to do that until
recently
and then I came here to the
University of Texas in Houston
Fire Department and EMS
fellowship and he sent 2016.
And that’s what let me here and
that’s why I’m so here. They
have a military background as
well do so I commissioned in
the Air A year and a half ago
here on the helipad to the
ceremony here. And so I can
kind of continued to the same
work in the military saying
that I do on the civilian side.
Some training as a flight
surgeon right now for the Air
Force.
>>What he likes so much about
that.
I think at this point my
career, it’s nice that I’m
completely trained and ready to
go I think that I can be an
asset to them I think our
military
deserve high quality care and I
feel like I’m able to provide
that to them so it’s nice to be
a part of something that’s
again bigger than myself and I
feel like I’m giving back to
the community or lucky to have
you do have.
>>Future plans for life light
here in Houston.
Sure so I mean future plans the
next few months will be moving
to a new building and helipads
we’ve got a lot
of logistics.
>>To work out, I’m you know I
think is that someone knew
coming in and of course, I know
the crews here and I’ve gotten
to know them in the last 2
years, but I think part of my
job is to get in and re
familiarize myself with them
with the equipment with what
we’re doing to resuscitate
patient care and kind of listen
to them and see what they need
from me. I’m
Mary provide incredible care I
think on a daily basis, but my
job will be to come in and Dave
Myers job will be to come in
and help bolster the education
make sure they have all the
equipment the training that
they need to continue to
provide the high level care
a lot of heat you may not
realize that you guys have a
whole big brand new tower going
up is the public going to
notice any change on you guys.
>>Open up that tower the new
year.
>>The other than the building
being nice and pretty and
brand-new they should not
notice a change at all from WI
fi the second that the helipad
goes live.
We’ll start landing there in