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Blood, Sweat, and Tea

Author : Tom Reynolds
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780740771194
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Blood, Sweat, and Tea written by Tom Reynolds and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An alluring mix of humor, bravery, cynicism, and compassion." --London Daily Telegraph It's the stuff of Grey's Anatomy, House, and ER--only these events aren't unfolding on a Hollywood soundstage. Have you ever wondered what's going on inside the ambulance screaming past you during your rush-hour commute? Since 2003, Tom Reynolds (writing under an alias so as not to get sacked from his job), has kept a blog where he chronicles the day-in, day-out realities of his life on the job as an EMT with the London Ambulance Service. By turns both poignant and profound, Reynolds's writing captures the very essence of life and death. From the mundane to the surreal, from the heartwarming to the cynical, from the calm to the frenetic, more than 300 entries from his popular blog at randomreality.blogware.com are included in the book. Dear Mr. Alcoholic: Would you mind awfully not swearing at me, taking a swing at me, or exposing yourself to me? I have quite enough abuse from the nondrunks out there. . . . Still, at least your fists are easy to dodge, and if I stop holding you up, you fall over. The author's hugely popular blog, Random Acts of Reality, has been named Medgadget Best Medical Blog and Best Literary Medical Blog.

EMT Rescue

Author : Pat Ivey
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497620015
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book EMT Rescue written by Pat Ivey and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are the trying, true stories of the mobile emergency medical technicians who often are the only thing standing between any one of us and death. Author Pat Ivey uses her extensive firsthand experiences, as well as an unflinching eye for drama and detail, to bring us the unheard tales of heroism and courage of the EMT units. She takes us into a hidden world of children in need, women seeking shelter from the storm of abuse, and the realities of industrial accidents. A simple car crash turns into a Herculean effort, an epic struggle against the clock and against the odds. Tragic misfortunes that usually occur silently in everyday America and the men and women who try to heal these heart‐pounding predicaments are put reverently on stage in this heroic, honest, and compassionate compilation of true action adventures.

Ambulance Girl

Author : Jane Stern
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1400048699
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ambulance Girl written by Jane Stern and published by Crown. This book was released on 2004-04-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for the movie starring Kathy Bates, Ambulance Girl is an inspiring story by a woman who found, somewhat late in life, that “in helping others I learned to help myself.” Jane Stern was a walking encyclopedia of panic attacks, depression, and hypochondria. Her marriage of more than thirty years was suffering, and she was virtually immobilized by fear and anxiety. As the daughter of parents who both died before she was thirty, Stern was terrified of illness and death, and despite the fact that her acclaimed career as a food and travel writer required her to spend a great deal of time on airplanes, she suffered from a persistent fear of flying and severe claustrophobia. Yet, this fifty-two-year-old writer decided to become an emergency medical technician. Stern tells her story with great humor and poignancy, creating a wonderful portrait of a middle-aged, Woody Allen–ish woman who was “deeply and neurotically terrified of sick and dead people,” but who went out into the world to save other people’s lives as a way of saving her own. Her story begins with the boot camp of EMT training: 140 hours at the hands of a dour ex-marine who took delight in presenting a veritable parade of amputations, hideous deformities, and gross disasters. Jane—overweight and badly out of shape—had to surmount physical challenges like carrying a 250-pound man seated in a chair down a dark flight of stairs. After class she did rounds in the emergency room of a local hospital. Each call Stern describes is a vignette of human nature, often with a life in the balance. From an AIDS hospice to town drunks, yuppie wife beaters to psychopaths, Jane comes to see the true nature and underlying mysteries of a town she had called home for twenty years. Throughout the book we follow her as she gets her sea legs, bonds with the firefighters who become her colleagues, and eventually, comes to be known as Ambulance Girl.

Blood, Sweat and Tea

Author : Tom Reynolds
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007333471
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Blood, Sweat and Tea written by Tom Reynolds and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2009-05-28 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully written insight into the stresses, strains and successes of working for the London Ambulance service.

Wild Rescues

Author : Kevin Grange
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1641602031
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Wild Rescues written by Kevin Grange and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kevin Grange details nearly everything that possibly could go wrong in a national park and yet still manages to make you more excited than ever to hit the trail." —Conor Knighton, New York Times bestselling author of Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park Wild Rescues is a fast-paced, firsthand glimpse into the exciting lives of paramedics who work with the National Park Service: a unique brand of park rangers who respond to medical and traumatic emergencies in some of the most isolated and rugged parts of America. In 2014, Kevin Grange left his job as a paramedic in Los Angeles to work in a response area with 2.2 million acres: Yellowstone National Park. Seeking a break from city life and urban EMS, he wanted to experience pure nature, fulfill his dream of working for the National Park Service, and take a crash-course in wilderness medicine. Grange's epic journey took him to Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Teton National Parks where, among other calls, he battled to save the lives of a heart attack victim at Old Faithful, a hiker who'd fractured his skull below Yosemite Falls, and a snowmobiler who launched into a deep gorge in the shadow of the jagged Tetons. Grange was initially overwhelmed—and out of his element—providing patient care in an extreme environment with limited resources and a two-hour drive to the nearest hospital. But he came to enjoy the challenges and steep learning curve of wilderness medicine. Between calls, Grange reflects upon the democratic ideal of the National Park mission, the beauty of the land, and the many threats facing it. With visitation rising, budgets shrinking, and people loving our parks to death, he realized that—along with the health of his patients—he was also fighting for the life of "America's Best Idea."

Paramedic

Author : Paul D. Shapiro
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 9780553293838
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Paramedic written by Paul D. Shapiro and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1991 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Takes you behind the wheel, into the streets, and onto the front lines of emergency medicine"--Cover.

First Responder

Author : Jennifer Murphy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643136836
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book First Responder written by Jennifer Murphy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman's incredible story of life on the front lines as an emergency medical worker in New York City. On the streets of New York City, EMTs and paramedics do more than respond to emergencies; they eat and drink together, look out for each other’s safety, mercilessly make fun of one another, date one other, and, most crucially, share terrifying experiences and grave injustices suffered under the city’s long-broken EMS system. Their loyalty to one another is fierce and absolute. As Jennifer Murphy shows in the gripping and moving First Responder, they are a family. A dysfunctional family, perhaps, but what family isn't? Many in the field of pre-hospital emergency care have endured medical trauma and familial hardship themselves. Some are looking to give back. Some are desperate for family. Some were inspired by 9/11. Still others want to become doctors, nurses, firefighters, cops, and want to cut their teeth on the streets. As rescuers, they never want people to die or get hurt. But if they are going to die or get hurt, first responders want to be there. Despite the vital role they play New York City, EMTs are paid less than trash collectors, and far less than any other first responder makes, even though the burden of medical emergencies fall on the backs of EMTs and medics. Yet for Jennifer and her brothers and sisters, it's a calling more than a job. First responders are constantly exposed to infectious diseases, violence, and death. The coronavirus pandemic did not change that math; the public is just more aware of it. After 9/11, EMT training schools experienced a surge in applications from civilians wanting to become first responders, inspired by rescuers who responded to the terrorist attacks and rushed into the burning towers when everyone else ran out. The same will almost certainly be true post-coronavirus as people are moved by a desire to help in times of crisis in a more direct way. Funny and heartwarming, inspiring and poignant, First Responder follows Jennifer's journey to becoming an EMT and working during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. She will bring readers inside an intense world filled with crisis, rescue, grief, uncertainty, and dark humor. First Responder will move readers to a greater understanding and appreciation of those fighting for them—wherever they live—in a world they hardly know or could imagine.

Wilderness and Rescue Medicine

Author : Jeff Isaac
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0763789208
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book Wilderness and Rescue Medicine written by Jeff Isaac and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilderness and Rescue Medicine covers the requisite topics from altitude illness to SCUBA and snakebites to frostbite, but the text's most important features are the general principles that tie the content together. The text highlights the skills and insight needed to think critically and exercise reasonable judgment at any level of medical trainin

A Thousand Naked Strangers

Author : Kevin Hazzard
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 150111087X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book A Thousand Naked Strangers written by Kevin Hazzard and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former paramedic’s "thrilling, captivating" (Booklist), and mordantly funny account of a decade spent as a first responder in Atlanta saving lives and connecting with the drama and occasional beauty that lies inside catastrophe. In the aftermath of 9/11 Kevin Hazzard felt that something was missing from his life—his days were too safe, too routine. A failed salesman turned local reporter, he wanted to test himself, see how he might respond to pressure and danger. He signed up for emergency medical training and became, at age twenty-six, a newly minted EMT running calls in the worst sections of Atlanta. His life entered a different realm—one of blood, violence, and amazing grace. Thoroughly intimidated at first and frequently terrified, he experienced on a nightly basis the adrenaline rush of walking into chaos. But in his downtime, Kevin reflected on how people’s facades drop away when catastrophe strikes. As his hours on the job piled up, he realized he was beginning to see into the truth of things. There is no pretense five beats into a chest compression, or in an alley next to a crack den, or on a dimly lit highway where cars have collided. Eventually, what had at first seemed impossible happened: Kevin acquired mastery. And in the process he was able to discern the professional differences between his freewheeling peers, what marked each—as he termed them—as “a tourist,” “true believer,” or “killer.” Combining indelible scenes that remind us of life’s fragile beauty with laugh-out-loud moments that keep us smiling through the worst, A Thousand Naked Strangers is an absorbing read about one man’s journey of self-discovery—a trip that also teaches us about ourselves.

Emergency Medical Responder

Author : Daniel J. Limmer EMT-P
Publisher : Pearson Education Canada
ISBN 13 : 0133099539
Total Pages : 571 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Emergency Medical Responder written by Daniel J. Limmer EMT-P and published by Pearson Education Canada. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emergency Medical Responder: A Skills Approach is the essential guide for students preparing to enter the paramedic profession. Thoroughly Canadian, it incorporates case studies drawn from the authors' experience, as well as perspectives, legislation, and procedures that are particular to Canada. A variety of enrichment materials are included throughout the book, as is coverage on working with other members of the health care team and the importance of written reports and accurate documentation. The fourth Canadian edition features updated CPR standards reflecting the fundamental shift from 'A-B-C' to 'C'-A-B', review questions, and many new visuals. As well, the authors have worked significantly on expanding the discussions in relevant chapters concerning EMR and bariatric patients, lifting and positioning techniques including the HAINES position, and increased coverage of alternate methods of stabilizing an impaled object, as well as many other features. Their dedication to creating a current and thorough textbook is clearly reflected in the fact that this text has been a student favourite for more than a decade.

Adventures in Human Being

Author : Gavin Francis
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782831045
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Adventures in Human Being written by Gavin Francis and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sunday Times bestseller We have a lifetime's association with our bodies, but for many of us they remain uncharted territory. In Adventures in Human Being, Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness, offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering of the foot. Drawing on his own experiences as a doctor and GP, he blends first-hand case studies with reflections on the way the body has been imagined and portrayed over the millennia. If the body is a foreign country, then to practise medicine is to explore new territory: Francis leads the reader on an adventure through what it means to be human. Both a user's guide to the body and a celebration of its elegance, this book will transform the way you think about being alive, whether in sickness or in health. Published in association with the Wellcome Collection. WELLCOME COLLECTION Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health. Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome, it connects science, medicine, life and art. Wellcome Collection exhibitions, events and books explore a diverse range of subjects, including consciousness, forensic medicine, emotions, sexology, identity and death. Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome, a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive, funding over 14,000 researchers and projects in more than 70 countries. wellcomecollection.org

Tactical Medicine Essentials

Author : American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP),
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1449649556
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (496 download)

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Download or read book Tactical Medicine Essentials written by American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical support for special weapons and tactics (SWAT) units is different from civilian EMS in many ways. A tactical medical provider (TMP) is charged with providing life-saving care to downed SWAT officers and taking measures to defend against criminal suspects. Mastery of these skills requires extensive, specialized tactical emergency medical services (TEMS) training and experience in the tactical environment. Designed for EMS and medical professionals of all levels of training, Tactical Medicine Essentials provides the foundation needed to create world-class TMPs. Written by an experienced team of authors from diverse backgrounds, this text covers the essential curriculum of tactical medicine, including tactical patient assessment, expedient extrication and evacuation, and self-defense skills. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.

Lights and Sirens

Author : Kevin Grange
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 069816198X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Lights and Sirens written by Kevin Grange and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A true account of going through UCLA’s famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program—and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles. Nine months of tying tourniquets and pushing new medications, of IVs, chest compressions, and defibrillator shocks—that was Kevin Grange’s initiation into emergency medicine when, at age thirty-six, he enrolled in the “Harvard of paramedic schools”: UCLA’s Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program, long considered one of the best and most intense paramedic training programs in the world. Few jobs can match the stress, trauma, and drama that a paramedic calls a typical day at the office, and few educational settings can match the pressure and competitiveness of paramedic school. Blending months of classroom instruction with ER rotations and a grueling field internship with the Los Angeles Fire Department, UCLA’s paramedic program is like a mix of boot camp and med school. It would turn out to be the hardest thing Grange had ever done—but also the most transformational and inspiring. An in-depth look at the trials and tragedies that paramedic students experience daily, Lights and Sirens is ultimately about the best part of humanity—people working together to help save a human life.

Proud to Have Served

Author : K. Kenneth Siu MD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462884318
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Proud to Have Served written by K. Kenneth Siu MD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-06-17 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Sius unique book served as an inspiration to many of us. He accomplished what many of us set out to do but never completed. This biographical novel brought back many fond memories of mine when I was growing up. Alan WC Ma, JD.. Professor of Law, Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii ____________________________ It is amazing Dr. Siu was able to cover so many aspects of life in a single book. He was a person of magnificent creativity. His compassion and passion of sharing his life philosophies as exemplified in this book are truly commendable. Harold Lee, PhD., Distinguished Science Teacher, Retired, Punahou Academy, Hawaii, Once a teacher of President Barack Obama II ________________________________________ It was my pleasure to serve as chief editor for Dr. Sius book. I am glad to be part of this project - a must-read for veterans and for many of us who appreciate the sacrifices they made for world peace. Mr Richard Simons of Yale, Harvard, Oxford Universities, Master History Teacher, World Traveler, Publisher, ____________________________________________________________ His timing is perfect in publishing this book. While there are conflicts around the world, Dr. Siu encouraged us to focus on peace towards man. David T.Y. Ma, PhD, Tsin Hua University, Taiwan

Wilderness & Travel Medicine

Author : Eric Weiss
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1594856591
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Wilderness & Travel Medicine written by Eric Weiss and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CLICK HERE to download the section from Wilderness & Travel Medicine on "Chest & Abdominal Injuries" * Author is a nationally recognized expert in wilderness medicine * Covers both illnesses and injuries * Includes improvised techniques for when medical supplies aren't on hand * Every section has been updated and new illustrations added to this edition First published in 1992, Wilderness & Travel Medicine has been a staple of the emergency first-aid kits sold worldwide by Adventure Medical Kits. With this fourth edition, Mountaineers Books and Adventure Medical Kits have partnered to release an updated, standalone reference for anyone who ventures away from civilization. Topics covered include everything from CPR, shock, and fractures to head, eye, and dental injuries, poisonous reactions, frostbite, hypothermia, heat illness, and much, much more. Throughout the text, sidebars provide useful and improvised techniques for specific injuries. In addition, there is "When to Worry" advice explaining how to tell if an injury is advancing in severity, despite attempts to arrest or slow down dangerous symptoms.

Operation Flight Nurse

Author : David M Kaniecki Acnp
Publisher : David\Kaniecki
ISBN 13 : 9780615839967
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book Operation Flight Nurse written by David M Kaniecki Acnp and published by David\Kaniecki. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life-Flight-Teams are called to transport those in need of critical medical care to an institution capable of managing their condition. On occasion, life-altering events can be prevented from ever occurring, or measures may be taken by both patients and medical providers to reduce the impact these events have. This book was written for two reasons, to enlighten those curious about the flight-nurse profession and to share some take home lessons from these medical emergencies with the public, nurses, and EMS providers. The author is an acute care nurse practitioner for the Cleveland Metro Life Flight Team. After being asked frequently about his career as a life-flight nurse, David Kaniecki decided to answer this question by sharing his more memorable experiences as a life-flight nurse, linking each story to a teachable event. In his book, he describes many of his exciting adventures of critical care transport with various emergent disease processes. For those unfamiliar to critical care, he helps explain these diseases in an easy to understand format prior to sharing his story. David believes the greatest teaching methods are through real life experiences. After each story, he shares key lessons that can be taken away from these events.

Bella's Broken Leg

Author : Vicki Lucas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781975610982
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Bella's Broken Leg written by Vicki Lucas and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Zoe and her family come to live in 911 Headquarters, Zoe did not know the adventures she would find. While her brother and sister explore the police and fire divisions, Zoe can't get enough of the ambulance and the hardworking Emergency Medical Technicians. But when it comes time for Zoe to go on her first call with two EMTS, Josh and Nicole, she's not sure if she remembers the first three rules of being an EMT. Her problems continue when she doesn't have time to ask what they may need to help the injured girl. Will Zoe be able to follow the three rules and help the injured girl? Does she have what she needs to be an EMT, or will her dreams of helping people be lost forever?