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For Roughnecks in the Gulf, This Paramedic Is a Lifesaver

DATE POSTED:August 27, 2026
portrait of victorinDigital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for unlimited access to Texas Monthly. Already a subscriber? Log in. Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. For nearly a month at a time, a long way from his home in Kingwood (near Houston), Eric “Clark” Victorin, who is 62, plies his trade in the Gulf of Mexico. His sunrises are pristine, his food is good, and his internet is, somehow, fast. But come a medical problem, he must react—typically on his own, no matter the hour.I grew up in northern New Jersey and went to college in Saratoga Springs, New York. I stayed in the New York and New Jersey area and spent 22 years in the pharmaceutical industry. Then…

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