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008			220514s2022 nyu e b 000 0ceng
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020			_a9780306926075 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0306926075 _q(hardcover)
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043			_an-us-pa
092			_a362.188 _bH431
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aHazzard, Kevin, _d1977- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAmerican sirens : _bthe incredible story of the Black men who became America's first paramedics / _cKevin Hazzard.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2209
264		1	_aNew York : _bHachette Books, _c2022.
300			_axviii, 316 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-316).
520			_a"Up until 1968, if you suffered a medical crisis, your chances of survival were minimal. That all changed with the Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh, a group of Black men who became America's first paramedics and set the gold standard for emergency medicine around the world, only to have their legacy erased-until now. Born from the vision of a Nobel Prize-nominated physician, the needs of a country in pain, and the ashes of Pittsburgh's downturn in the 1960s, Freedom House brought together a group of young, uneducated Black men to forge a new frontier in health care. Their job was grueling, the rules made up as they went along, and their mandate nearly impossible: prove to a skeptical public and the politicians that paramedics were a noble and valuable endeavor and, most importantly, that they themselves were worthy professionals performing a crucial public service. Despite the long odds and attempts to shut them down, they succeeded spectacularly. In American Sirens, acclaimed journalist and paramedic Kevin Hazzard tells a dramatic story of heroes and villains, of brutal attempts to stifle hope, and the resilience of a community that fought back. He follows a rich cast of characters that includes John Moon, an orphan who found his calling as a paramedic; Peter Safar, the Nobel Prize-nominated physician who invented CPR and realized his vision for a trained ambulance service; and Nancy Caroline, the idealistic young doctor young doctor who turned a scrappy team into an international leader. At every turn they battled racism-from the community, the police, and the government. Never-before revealed in full, this is a rich and troubling hidden history of the Black origins of America's paramedics, a special band of dedicated essential workers, who stand ready to serve day and night on the line between life and death for every one of us"-- _cProvided by publisher.
610	2	0	_aFreedom House Ambulance Service (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
650		0	_aEmergency medical technicians _zPennsylvania _zPittsburgh _vBiography.
650		0	_aAmbulance service _zPennsylvania _zPittsburgh _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aAfrican American physicians _vBiography.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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