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Lights & sirens : the education of a paramedic / Kevin Grange.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Berkley Books, [2015]Edition: First editionDescription: 327 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 042527523X (paperback)
  • 9780425275238 (paperback)
Other title:
  • Lights and sirens
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
January: Day One, January: Week One, January: BSI, Scene Safe -- February: The Best Way Out is Through -- March: Struggling to Stay Afloat -- April: Classroom Finals -- May: The Eyes and Ears of the ER -- May: Delivering Babies and Do-Not-Resuscitate Order -- June: In Limbo -- July: Field Internship Begins -- July: Baptism by Fire -- July: All Eyes on Me -- August: A Black Cloud -- August: Trial and Initiation -- September: Becoming a Street Smart Paramedic -- September: Radio Reports -- September: Graduation.
Scope and content: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Grange, K. G757 Available 33111008016145
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

January: Day One, January: Week One, January: BSI, Scene Safe -- February: The Best Way Out is Through -- March: Struggling to Stay Afloat -- April: Classroom Finals -- May: The Eyes and Ears of the ER -- May: Delivering Babies and Do-Not-Resuscitate Order -- June: In Limbo -- July: Field Internship Begins -- July: Baptism by Fire -- July: All Eyes on Me -- August: A Black Cloud -- August: Trial and Initiation -- September: Becoming a Street Smart Paramedic -- September: Radio Reports -- September: Graduation.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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