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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 616 EAN: 9780804118828 ISBN: 0804118825 Label: Ballantine Books Manufacturer: Ballantine Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: April 04, 2000 Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: April 04, 2000 Studio: Ballantine Books Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: TRUE LIFE-AND-DEATH DRAMA In taut, thrilling prose, Peter Canning has written a book that captures the rarely seen real world of emergency medicine. A seasoned paramedic who fights under enormous pressure to save lives, Canning trains new paramedics for the rigors of a nonstop, action-packed battle. From a four-month-old baby who has stopped breathing to a sixty-seven-year-old woman with a strange abdominal mass that threatens to explode--these are gripping true stories from the "ER on the streets." An exciting, often moving account, Canning tells a powerful story of camaraderie, selflessness, and courage as paramedics try to stand tall and human through both defeat and victory. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Engaging and InsightfulSimply stated, this book is an eloquently written account of the joy and horrors experienced by the men and women who serve in EMS. Objective, moving, and holding nothing back, this book holds a special place on my bookshelf as an aspiring Paramedic. Kudos to Mr. Canning and everyone else like him. Rating: - I didn't want to part with itAll I can say about this book is it was enthralling to read! It was unfortunate that it had to leave my shelf to go to Iraq, but while I had it, there was no way I could put it down. Mr. Canning's description of working EMS holds true for other parts of the country. Rating: - enthralling!I began reading this book while working my own shift (EMT-I, not a paramedic unfortunately) and as soon as a call came in I didn't want the put the book down and go! (but I did, of coarse!) Canning is able to maintain intensity in his stories throughout the entire book. This is a good chance for current and aspiring EMS personnel to get an idea of the wide range of calls medics receive Rating:  - A Real Priority 1 Title!Excellent views from the inside of EMS. Heartfelt emotions and calls that are true to life keep this work very real. George O. Love Author of: On The Scene Rating: - To Medic or Not to Medic There are two types of people who will want to read this book: those who like adventure and those who want to see if EMS is for them. Peter Canning is a real-life paramedic in Hartford, Connecticut, who once worked as a speech writer for former Governor Lowell Weicker. Both of Canning's books are full to bursting with real-life adventure. EMS crews in Hartford have little down time as they go from heart attack patient to auto wreck to infant not breathing to drug overdose. Canning takes his ... Read More 
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