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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 609 EAN: 9780595205929 ISBN: 0595205925 Label: Writers Club Press Manufacturer: Writers Club Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 89 Publication Date: 2001-11 Publisher: Writers Club Press Studio: Writers Club Press Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Dale J Bingham's In the Arms of a Stranger is a touching and moving account of his career as a paramedic. From his early days in Southern California to his work as a Tulsa, Oklahoma paramedic, he gives an inside look at the rewards, the trials, and the heartaches that emergency workers face everyday. In between he writes of his own struggles with a difficult career and of tragically losing his own mother to the very part of life he worked so hard to conquer. In the Arms of a Stranger will tug at the heartstrings of the reader and leave the reader with a greater appreciation for those emergency workers who struggle everyday to help those in need. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Short StoryThis book was really good. Its more like a book with abunch of short stories because every chapter is very diffrent. Rating:  - From the authorThis book was simply a collection of stories and memoirs from my career - put into book form to give my children something to know about their father. Never intended for wide readership, it is nonetheless listed through the publisher. While somewhat unrefined, if you choose to read please understand that EMS is a harsh business, what is defined as excitement early in a career oftens fades and is replaced by more of a deep caring for the individuals that we serve. "Blood and guts" never was and never ... Read More Rating: - Hidden gemsWhile this book by Mr Bingham is not destined for the pulitzer prize anytime soon, it is filled with some marvelous pearls, more related to life in general and not simply paramedicine. Having over 20 years in EMS myself I think Mr Bingham has the inside track, though the publisher could definitely use some "editorial" corrections. Younger medics may not get it, but there is something more profound here. At least that's what I got out of it - I hope that is what Bingham was going for. I found ... Read More Rating: - Good book. To the pointI thought Bingham did a decent job on this book. I can't find anything else by him so it must be his freshman effort. Hopefully there is more to come. I like the way he sees other people and the faults within himself. We are not supermen/women in EMS and very few actually see it that way. This book was short, but I think I got the message of what he was trying to say. Probably could use a little more "picture painting" but it was not a bad effort at all. And inexpensive. Want to read the next edition....if ... Read More Rating: - short but stockyI really enjoyed this book. Not the longest I have ever read, but it touched on some areas most medics refuse to acknowledge - though we all feel them. If all you want is blood and guts maybe this isn't exactly for you, but I recommend it to learn a little about the business 
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