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Book Synopsis Emergency Admissions by : Kit Wharton
Download or read book Emergency Admissions written by Kit Wharton and published by Fourth Estate. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glimpse into the extraordinary world of ambulance driving from the man behind the wheel. 'Heart-stopping, eye-opening and jaw-dropping. Sometimes painful, sometimes sad, often very, very funny' Craig Brown An S&M party gone horribly wrong A dead man locked in a car with a hungry bull terrier A teenage girl with suspicious abdominal pains And a man who's fainted, frightened he was allergic to his cheese and onion sandwich ... It's just another day at work for Kit Wharton After a childhood picked in alcohol and punctuated by parental fighting, stints in journalism and house removals, Kit Wharton joined the NHS ambulance service. He hasn't looked back. This is his report from the front line: 999 calls that hurtle him to the critical moment in other peoples' lives.
Book Synopsis Emergency Admissions: Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver by : Kit Wharton
Download or read book Emergency Admissions: Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver written by Kit Wharton and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A glimpse into the extraordinary world of ambulance driving from the man behind the wheel. ‘Heart-stopping, eye-opening and jaw-dropping. Sometimes painful, sometimes sad, often very, very funny’ Craig Brown
Book Synopsis Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver by : Kate Black
Download or read book Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver written by Kate Black and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I initially started writing certain things down to help me cope with the horror of what I had been exposed to, as well as to capture the beautiful moments that I wanted to treasure and make sure I would never forget. I decided to make the leap from random thoughts to publishing, because I believe a lot of positivity could come from sharing the experiences I have had. I hope that this book can give people a better understanding of some of what we go through after we choose to dedicate our lives to the happiness, madness, sadness, terror and elation that this career provides. For the families of the Medics, the support you give to us, is what helps us get through the bad times. Some Medics don't share their day with their families to shield them from the pain they see and feel. It doesn't mean they don't want to share their day with you - it just means that sometimes things are too painful. Sometimes all we want to do is focus on the life and joy that is surrounding us. For me, simple things like having an undisturbed coffee with the ones I treasure in my life is all I need to comfort me and stick my broken bits together again. I'm sorry I get frustrated when I arrive home from a night shift and you are multitasking having your morning coffee with me, and mundane chores. I had a bad call last night, and I just wanted to look at you, see you smile, and tell you how thankful I am to have you in my life. I'm sorry I cause fights while we share that coffee, sometimes I'm not very good at expressing myself and all I'm trying to say is, "Please just STOP for 5 minutes, I need you now.". I'm sorry you get annoyed when I make you a cup of tea that is too hot to drink, I just want that cup of tea together to last forever.
Download or read book Red 44 written by John Rushton and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thursday evening we had a shout at about 2030hrs to a Major Catastrophe at the Mulberry Bush Pub in the City Centre, Bomb gone off. We knew that this was the big one. We turned out on blues and twos, I tried to tell control that we were mobile but the radio was going crazy, we could not get a word in so we did not bother we just responded, travelling in silence each wrapped up in his own thoughts, I'm sure my mate was thinking the same as me, neither of us had ever dealt with anything like this. We knew it was bad because control had told us that they were sending in everything. Upon our arrival we saw that the Taxi Drivers were escorting patients to the accident hospital. They were trying to be helpful but in the big scheme of things it turned out to be a hindrance. I can understand the need to get casualties away as soon as possible but from an operational point it created more difficulty's than could be envisaged at the time.....As I looked around me at the Site it was sheer carnage, it's ok to talk about Triage, that is the method of taking away the most critical patients first but how do you begin when you are looking at a pile of about 50 bodies, dead and dying and all the walking wounded who are scattered around a large area, with some trying to extricate themselves from under the Bodies that were piled up on top of them?"This memoir is a remarkable insight into the front line work of an ambulance crew based at a busy Fire Station in the City of Birmingham from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s. You will feel as though you are beside the author every step of the way, able to see it, smell it and feel it all along with him. You will smile when he smiled at some of the incidents he attended and when he shed a tear you will do the same.
Download or read book Red 44 written by Dom Smith and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thursday evening we had a shout at about 2030hrs to a Major Catastrophe at the Mulberry Bush Pub in the City Centre, Bomb gone off. We knew that this was the big one. We turned out on blues and twos, I tried to tell control that we were mobile but the radio was going crazy, we could not get a word in so we did not bother we just responded, travelling in silence each wrapped up in his own thoughts, I'm sure my mate was thinking the same as me, neither of us had ever dealt with anything like this. We knew it was bad because control had told us that they were sending in everything. Upon our arrival we saw that the Taxi Drivers were escorting patients to the accident hospital. They were trying to be helpful but in the big scheme of things it turned out to be a hindrance. I can understand the need to get casualties away as soon as possible but from an operational point it created more difficulty's than could be envisaged at the time.....As I looked around me at the Site it was sheer carnage, it's ok to talk about Triage, that is the method of taking away the most critical patients first but how do you begin when you are looking at a pile of about 50 bodies, dead and dying and all the walking wounded who are scattered around a large area, with some trying to extricate themselves from under the Bodies that were piled up on top of them?"This memoir is a remarkable insight into the front line work of an ambulance crew based at a busy Fire Station in the City of Birmingham from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s. You will feel as though you are beside the author every step of the way, able to see it, smell it and feel it all along with him. You will smile when he smiled at some of the incidents he attended and when he shed a tear you will do the same.
Book Synopsis Of Battles Long Ago by : G. Ripley Cutler
Download or read book Of Battles Long Ago written by G. Ripley Cutler and published by Exposition Pressof Florida. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Great War of Europe took place over sixty years ago. During that war a young American volunteer ambulance driver began a diary. He kept that diary faithfully, from the day his ship sailed out of New York Harbor, bound for Paris, to the day he returned, headed for home at last. By its very nature, therefore, this memoir has a vitality that involves the reader thoroughly--not only in the carnage of war, but also in the friendships of men thrown together by circumstances, the details of the life spent in trenches carved out of the earth itself, and the humor that is a well-documented facet of life under stress. It is a fine line that Mr. Cutler forces us to follow. For, while we are being beguiled by his delightful stories, we are never allowed to forget that a brutal war is their backdrop. One hundred and thirty-two photographs, positioned throughout the book, bear silent witness to beauty destroyed--and death triumphant. Eventually the American Field Service's ambulance sections were absorbed into the American Expeditionary Force. The volunteers were forced to make a decision--go home and be drafted, or enlist for the duration. Mr. Cutler chose the latter course of action. Once again in the middle of the fight, he was wounded and awarded the croix de guerre. The author takes us to the several hospitals where he was a patient, to the front during three major battles, to periods of rest and recreation, and on many ambulance runs under fire--when the whistling of incoming shells alone was enough to cause visions of horror. More than a diary, more than a photo album, Of Battles Long Ago is the total record of a man who lived through the events most of us have just read about."--Jacket.
Book Synopsis Memoirs of a Firefighter/Paramedic by : Bruce Zamelsky
Download or read book Memoirs of a Firefighter/Paramedic written by Bruce Zamelsky and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has more than twenty years of real-life incidents and was written for two reasons. I want those who are just starting in this profession and also those who have many years' experience, both paid and volunteers, to understand the roller coaster of emotions they will experience. The other reason for writing this book is to try to explain to the general public what emergency responders go through and the many different emotions we experience. We are not robots- we are just like you. We are your neighbors, your teachers, and your friends. Every one of us has dedicated a tremendous amount of time and energy in preparing to be there in your time of need. It is our privilege and we love to do it. Everything I talk about in the book is real; there are no fabricated stories or sensationalizing to make the incidents sound more dramatic. They are written truthfully, as they happened, and the emotions are genuine. I hope this book sheds some light on the courageous and extraordinary people that work and volunteer in these professions and the challenges they face.
Download or read book Red 44 written by John Rushton and published by . This book was released on with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thursday evening we had a shout at about 2030hrs to a Major Catastrophe at the Mulberry Bush Pub in the City Centre, Bomb gone off. We knew that this was the big one. We turned out on blues and twos, I tried to tell control that we were mobile but the radio was going crazy, we could not get a word in so we did not bother we just responded, travelling in silence each wrapped up in his own thoughts, I'm sure my mate was thinking the same as me, neither of us had ever dealt with anything like this. We knew it was bad because control had told us that they were sending in everything. Upon our arrival we learned that the Fire Brigade had, before our arrival, asked for assistance from the Taxi Drivers who were very helpful but in the big scheme of things it turned out to be a hindrance. I can understand the need to get casualties away as soon as possible but from an operational point it created more difficulty's than could be envisaged at the time.....As I looked around me at the Site it was sheer carnage, it's ok to talk about Triage, that is the method of taking away the most critical patients first but how do you begin when you are looking at a pile of about 50 bodies, dead and dying and all the walking wounded who are scattered around a large area, with some trying to extricate themselves from under the Bodies that were piled up on top of them?"
Book Synopsis Addicted to Life & Death: Memoirs of an EMT & Deputy Coroner by : Janice Ballenger
Download or read book Addicted to Life & Death: Memoirs of an EMT & Deputy Coroner written by Janice Ballenger and published by Masthof Press & Bookstore. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Janice Ballenger joined a volunteer rescue company, she began keeping a journal, and clipping news articles about the calls she responded to. Now, as an EMT and deputy coroner, she has seen, smelled and touched things most people have difficulty just hearing about. With the thought of "There's nothing worse that I can see," she continued her job. The Nickel Mines Amish School shootings in October 2006, changed that, when a milk truck driver shot ten Amish girls, and killed himself. Read her story as one of the few people who entered the schoolhouse with the bodies inside. (286pp. Masthof Press, 2008.)
Download or read book Train to Nowhere written by Anita Leslie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF HAY FESTIVAL'S 100 BEST BOOKS WRITTEN BY WOMEN IN THE LAST 100 YEARS. 'The most gripping piece of war reportage I have ever read. What a writer! Her observations, mixed with dry humour and compassion, place her at the heart of the conflict and somehow apart from it, as a good historian should be. Remarkable.' Joanna Lumley Train to Nowhere is a memoir of war seen through the sardonic eyes of Anita Leslie, a funny and vivacious young woman who reports on her experiences with a dry humour, finding the absurd alongside the tragic. Daughter of a Baronet and first cousin once removed to Winston Churchill, Lelsie joined the Mechanized Transport Corps as a fully trained mechanic and ambulance driver during World War II, serving in Libya, Syria, Palestine, Italy, France and Germany. Ahead of her time, Anita bemoans 'first-rate women subordinate to second-rate men', and, as the British Army forbade women from serving at the front, joined the Free French Forces in order to do what she felt was her duty. Writing letters in Hitler's recently vacated office and marching in the Victory parade contrast with observations of seeing friends murdered and a mother avenging her son by coldly shooting a prisoner of war. Unflinching and unsentimental, Train to Nowhere is a memoir of Anita's war, one that, long after it was written, remains poignant and relevant.
Book Synopsis A Day in the Life of an Ambulance Driver by : Adam Weddle
Download or read book A Day in the Life of an Ambulance Driver written by Adam Weddle and published by Day in the Life of an Ambulance Driver. This book was released on 2016-12-17 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver is a collection of stories told from the viewpoint of the author during his time as an EMT, paramedic and Navy Corpsman. These stories are based on real life situations and told with attention to detail in an attempt to help the reader visualize the experience for him or her self. The author has over 20 years of experience in the emergency medical field. He chose the stories included in this book to show the broad range of medical situations that happen during the course of a career. Many of the men and women that have served in the EMS service, whether it was in an active war zone or in areas of terror attacks, have witnessed horrors much worse than are portrayed in these pages. They have placed their lives on the line for those that they helped. This is not to make light of or belittle any of the work done by these brave men and woman. Please take a moment to pray for those that have been hurt physically and mentally thought their service. There are many charities out there that do great work for police, fire, EMS and military personnel. Ten percent of all proceeds gotten from the sales of this book will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Foundation.
Book Synopsis Blood on My Shirt by : Michael C. Burzek
Download or read book Blood on My Shirt written by Michael C. Burzek and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emergency response is an unpredictable and ever-changing experienceboredom one moment and chaos the next. The efforts of the paramedic are singular in purposethat is, to save lives. But not everyone is cut out for a career in emergency medicine; the demands can be overwhelming. In his memoir, Blood on My Shirt, former British Columbia paramedic Michael Burzek provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of emergency medicine that encompasses car accidents, bar fights, freak accidents, and heart attacks. While sharing the perils that accompany paramedic duties, Burzek also dispels the myths that surround emergency medicine. As he narrates his personal story of how he was led to become a paramedic, Burzek also details the conflicting emotions that regularly surround EMTs such as fear and frustration, anxiety and anger, laughter and love, and the ever present question, Why couldnt we save the victim? For anyone who has wondered what it is like to ride in the front seat of an ambulance with its sirens blaring while on a mission to save a life, the stories in Blood on My Shirt provide an honest, eye-opening snapshot of day in the life of an EMT.
Book Synopsis First Responder by : Jennifer Murphy
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.
Book Synopsis Ambulance 464 by : Julien Hequembough Bryan
Download or read book Ambulance 464 written by Julien Hequembough Bryan and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Book Synopsis The Ambulance Drivers by : James McGrath Morris
Download or read book The Ambulance Drivers written by James McGrath Morris and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After meeting for the first time on the front lines of World War I, two aspiring writers forge an intense twenty-year friendship and write some of America's greatest novels, giving voice to a "lost generation" shaken by war. Eager to find his way in life and words, John Dos Passos first witnessed the horror of trench warfare in France as a volunteer ambulance driver retrieving the dead and seriously wounded from the front line. Later in the war, he briefly met another young writer, Ernest Hemingway, who was just arriving for his service in the ambulance corps. When the war was over, both men knew they had to write about it; they had to give voice to what they felt about war and life. Their friendship and collaboration developed through the peace of the 1920s and 1930s, as Hemingway's novels soared to success while Dos Passos penned the greatest antiwar novel of his generation, Three Soldiers. In war, Hemingway found adventure, women, and a cause. Dos Passos saw only oppression and futility. Their different visions eventually turned their private friendship into a bitter public fight, fueled by money, jealousy, and lust. Rich in evocative detail -- from Paris cafes to the Austrian Alps, from the streets of Pamplona to the waters of Key West -- The Ambulance Drivers is a biography of a turbulent friendship between two of the century's greatest writers, and an illustration of how war both inspires and destroys, unites and divides.
Book Synopsis Death Before Dishonor by : Kenneth Brennan
Download or read book Death Before Dishonor written by Kenneth Brennan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-06-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ken Brennan was classified 4-F "the registrant is not acceptable for military service" due to a childhood leg injury, he joined the American Field Service, a group of volunteers who drove Red Cross ambulances for the British Army during World War II. Told through vivid diaries and letters Ken wrote from 1942 until 1945, he chronicles how he battled dysentery, dodged mine fields, sought safety from German bombing raids, and negotiated Italy's snowy Apennine Mountain passes to carry wounded soldiers from field hospital tents. Ken's unique first-hand account of an important part of WWII history reminds us of how selfless service and untold sacrifices were made by those men who performed the crucial role of rescuing soldiers and bringing them to safety during the war.
Download or read book Ambulance Girl written by Jane Stern and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2004-04-27 with total page 0 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.
