Paramedic

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A New York City paramedic takes readers to the front lines of emergency medicine for a gritty, fascinating look at the men and women who consider saving lives all in a day s work From a jumper at Trump Tower to a drug overdose at a welfare hotel to gunshot wounds in Time Square, this book candidly recounts the bitterness, chaos, camaraderie, and victories that come with being a paramedic. Best Download Paramedic [ author ] Paul D. Shapiro [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr An exciting and fast pace look into the world of Paramedics Though written from the perspective of a New York City Paramedic, the tragic and sometimes humerous stories and situations could be an account of any city in America If you ever w...Paul Shapiro works on an ambulance in NYC and we get to ride along on the calls It is fascinating and enjoyable reading I m surprised that this book was notpopular as this kind of show is very popular everyone seems to want to be on the scene of whatever life or death thing is happening This book is just like that, plus we get to see some of the underpinnings to the whole emergency services network the politics of how police, fireman, hospitals and ambulance crews work together or do Paul Shapiro works on an ambulance in NYC and we get to ride along on the calls It is fascinating and enjoyable reading I m surprised that this book was notpopular as this kind of show is very popular everyone seems to want to be on the scene of whatever life or death thing is happening This book is just like that, plus we get to see some of the underpinnings to the whole emergency services network the politics of how police, fireman, hospitals and ambulance crews work together or don t to save lives We also see how some of the saves leave people in a vegetable state which is, to me, worse than death and how some of the things they do to save people, or to meet their legal obligations to work on someone who can t be saved, are very brutal An EMT is also going to have to have a high tolerance for a lot of icky substances and smells and he is going to have to be able to let death roll off his back in order to maintain his own mental well being Tough job being a medic on an ambulance, t...Many things have changed in the 22 years since Paul D Shapiro s Paramedic was published medical technology, evolution of national, state and local protcols, and the emergence and prevalence of cell phones And certainly Times Square is not what it was in the 80 s.While reading about the journey of one EMT is no substitute for experience, Paramedic is filled with vivid recountings and dark humor the latter necessary if one is to get through the horrific things that one encounters on the job Many things have changed in the 22 years since Paul D Shapiro s Paramedic was published medical technology, evolution of national, state and local protcols, and the emergence and prevalence of cell phones And certainly Times Square is not what it was in the 80 s.While reading about the journey of one EMT is no substitute for experience, Paramedic is filled with...

Paramedic
  • English
  • 02 January 2018
  • Paperback
  • 383 pages
  • 0553293834
  • Paul D. Shapiro
  • Paramedic