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First edition. |
| Description |
327 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Summary |
"A true account of going through UCLA's famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program--and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles. Nine months of tying tourniquets and pushing new medications, of IVs, chest compressions, and defibrillator shocks--that was Kevin Grange's initiation into emergency medicine when, at age thirty-six, he enrolled in the 'Harvard of paramedic schools': UCLA's Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program, long considered one of the best and most intense paramedic training programs in the world. Few jobs can match the stress, trauma, and drama that a paramedic calls a typical day at the office, and few educational settings can match the pressure and competitiveness of paramedic school. Blending months of classroom instruction with ER rotations and a grueling field internship with the Los Angeles Fire Department, UCLA's paramedic program is like a mix of boot camp and med school. It would turn out to be the hardest thing Grange had ever done--but also the most transformational and inspiring. An in-depth look at the trials and tragedies that paramedic students experience daily, Lights and Sirens is ultimately about the best part of humanity--people working together to help save a human life"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
January: Day One, January: Week One, January: BSI, Scene Safe -- February: First IVs and pharmacology -- February: The Best Way Out is Through -- March: Struggling to Stay Afloat -- April: Classroom Finals -- May: The Eyes and Ears of the ER -- May: Delevering Babies and Do-Not-Resuscitate Order -- June: In Limbo -- July: Field Intership Begins -- July: Baptism by Fire -- July: All Eyes on Me -- August: A Black Cloud -- August: Trial and Initiation -- September: Becoming a Street Smart Paramedic -- September: Radio Reports -- Spetember: Graduation. |
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Grange, Kevin.
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Emergency medical technicians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
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UCLA-Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program -- Students -- Biography.
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Emergency medical technicians -- Education -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Emergency medicine -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Medical emergencies -- California -- Los Angeles.
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Ambulance service -- California -- Los Angeles.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical.
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MEDICAL / Critical Care.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Note |
Lights and sirens |
| ISBN |
9780425275238 (paperback) |
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042527523X (paperback) |
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