999: True Stories of My Life as a Paramedic Contributor(s): Walder, Lysa (Author), Hyams, Jacky (With) |
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ISBN: 1844546160 ISBN-13: 9781844546169 Publisher: Blake Publishing
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: August 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Medical | Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical Services - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: 616.025 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 9" L (0.90 lbs) 276 pages |
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding to death from a stab wound; a distraught mother watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffers a terrifying fatal asthma attack; a young girl is gang raped and herdistraught boyfriend takes an overdose; a disturbed young man flings himself in front of a speeding train at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Few people can imagine living in a world where such situations are part of everyday life. Yet for London ambulance paramedic Lysa Walder, these and thousands of other emergency calls are part of a day's workscenes of tragedy, loss, and horrorbut also stories of triumph and humor, and all the result of an urgent call to the biggest and busiest free ambulance service in the world. Lysa has been an A&E nurse and paramedic formore than15 years. Here, she tells the inside story behind the screaming sirens and flashing blue lights of the emergency services and reveals what it's really like to work in a job that frequently brings paramedic teams face to face with deathand destiny. These are the fascinating real life stories of heartbreak and hope, direct from the frontline." |
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