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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 362.18 EAN: 9781578060436 ISBN: 1578060435 Label: University Press of Mississippi Manufacturer: University Press of Mississippi Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 280 Publication Date: May 01, 1998 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi Studio: University Press of Mississippi Accessories:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: As they race to and from emergency calls, as they wait and watch, and as they administer aid to the traumatized, paramedics tell stories. Their tales disclose much about how they view their own profession. Their duties are much more complex than the dramatic portrayals that reach the living room via the television screen. This book reports what really goes on behind the scenes. The reader of Talking Trauma has a virtual front seat in the ambulance. Here the focus is not on the mechanics of the job but rather on paramedics work culture and their well-established storytelling tradition. The stories they tell are cynical, flip, and profanethe very antithesis of heroic in the romantic sense. Their narratives evince an anti-epic quality that intentionally trivializes the conventional immensities of pain and horror. Paramedics present the gothic as business as usual, and mainly their stories are intended only for the ears of other paramedics. Their stories afford a shockin Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Tangherlini lets urban medics talkThese are the real voices of real people doing a nasty job for a [crummy]...py company under rotten conditions. The tales are unvarnished, many are "war stories," some are personal reflections. Each thematic section comprises unedited stories of medics, followed by Tangherlini's analysis from his perspective as an Occupational Folklorist. The validity of this perspective may be arguable, but I find it very accurate and insightful. Tangherlini's greatest contribution is letting my friends and coworkers ... Read More Rating: - Better than what I expectedI thought this would be stories from the heroes we see on news and TV. It isn't. But the stories are really great anyway. Funny, weird--maybe a bit dark, but so was Bringing out the Dead. I guess the book isn't what you'd expect--the paramedics aren't glamorized at all. I guess this guy sometimes sounds like a professor, but that's what he is. None of my professors in college ever came close to writing something this interesting. Personally, I think the book is really readable and enjoyable, at least if ... Read More Rating:  - Not worth the money!He goes round and round trying to use big words. Not only does he not understand what Paramedics are doing from day to day on the streets, he trys to analyze it on a psychological level. Not real readable. Best not to pay such a high price for a man who is still trying to write college term papers for a living. Rating: - Best 18 bucks I've spent in a long timeThis book is a great look at the profession. There's nothing psychoanalytical here regardless of what another reviewer says. Instead you get great stories and clear, concise analyses. The questions the author tries to answer are difficult ones, and there's no one single interpretation that fits all. Instead of buying the media hype, Tangerlini gives a critical understanding of a demanding profession without talking down to the reader. Like the blurb says, you get to "ride along" in an ambulance. If only ... Read More Rating: - Hits the Nail on the HeadI've been a medic for more years than I like to count now, both in rural services and more recently in a big urban setting. This is probably the most genuine, interesting, and sophisticated portrayal of my field that I've read to date. The stories ring true. In fact, one of the guys at the station swears that one of the stories is HIS call. Anyway, I'd recommend this book to anyone who knows a medic, is a medic, or wants to know what goes on beyond the rescue geek stuff you read or see on TV. 
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