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Dewey Decimal Number: 362.180974932 EAN: 9780312306175 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0312306172 Label: St. Martin's Press Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: November 01, 2002 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Studio: St. Martin's Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Into the Breach is the true story of paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and heavy-rescue specialists fighting to control trauma and medical emergencies in one of America's toughest and most violent cities: Newark, New Jersey. A riveting account that hauls readers on a first-hand tour of street medicine today, Into the Breach shows what really happens inside an ambulance and some of the diverse and bizarre places EMS workers tread. Through authentic accounts, every facet of emergency care is on display-from the first 911 call to patient discharge or death, including an exclusive look at what is perhaps the biggest decontamination operation ever conducted, which crews performed for victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack. A hybrid profession that blends public safety and public health, EMS attracts careerists and volunteers from all sectors of society-from Boy Scouts and housewives to Fortune 500 vice presidents and work-fare recipients. The men and women that make up the Newark EMS graveyard shift, one of the busiest, full-time teams in the nation, are quintessential EMS workers: intense, irreverent, hard-working action junkies who crave autonomy and the instant gratification of solving critical problems in real time. This unflinching profile hones in on award-winning EMS workers as well as those who pollute the industry, ironically, sometimes one and the same. Into the Breach offers an unusual opportunity to bear witness to unimaginable suffering, heroic stoicism, and the inventiveness of American EMS workers fighting to save lives. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Should be required readingAccurately describes the days of EMTs and Paramedics in New Jersey. When I got the book, I couldn't put it down. Shows improvements of EMS since the "Johnny and Roy" days of TV. Wonderful description of the events of 9/11 that happened on their end. The Cavalry Is Coming Rating:  - Worst EMS book every written. J.A. Karam is obviously an amatuer writer who graphically overempahiszes every part of this book and every person. Anyone with a mediocre level of intelligence can picture a bunch of overweight underachievers eatting "cheese whiz" and "eight White Castle burgers" while contemplating the "what if's" in life. Don't waste your time on this book if you are considering entering the world of EMS. EMS professionals do not abuse new employee's nor do we plan on spending our lives on the streets. We move ... Read More Rating:  - Accurate to some extentAfter reading the other reviews felt I had to write my own. First of all this is life in Newark EMS, she showed you the worst parts, and left out the BS. Obviously an attempt to impress the reader. The writer does not understand that without the BS jobs, the men and women who are professional urban EMS providers would have no down time, no time to get away from the horror that is at times their jobs. The jobs she wrote about all happened but she didn't right the mundane that one ... Read More Rating: - "You Can Not Imagine What it's Like..."These are the words spoken by an air-evac nurse on page 187. She goes on to say that she had no idea what paramedics did. Scenes are uncontrolled chaos. There are police, family members, firemen, drunks, and a tremendous amount of noise to deal with. In all this you have to make split second decisions. Having been there I can relate to what this nurse is saying. EMS is training. It's glorified. It's put down. It's hard work. It's too long hours. It's a lotta things I hate to talk about. ... Read More Rating: - Not for MeAbout the book.Two words, utter crap. This being said, Montet should take a closer look at whom he works with before throwing the terms childish and primadonna (this is the correct spelling by the way Montet). The people in the book spend a majority of their time taking care of the the more mundane "urgencies" just the same as every other EMS system in out country. 
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