Emergency Admissions Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver

Emergency Admissions  Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver
Author: Kit Wharton
Publsiher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2017-02-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780008188610

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A glimpse into the extraordinary world of ambulance driving from the man behind the wheel. ‘Heart-stopping, eye-opening and jaw-dropping. Sometimes painful, sometimes sad, often very, very funny’ Craig Brown

Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver

Memoirs of an Ambulance Driver
Author: Kate Black
Publsiher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2019-08-23
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1688201106

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I initially started writing certain things down to help me cope with the horror of what I had been exposed to, as well as to capture the beautiful moments that I wanted to treasure and make sure I would never forget. I decided to make the leap from random thoughts to publishing, because I believe a lot of positivity could come from sharing the experiences I have had. I hope that this book can give people a better understanding of some of what we go through after we choose to dedicate our lives to the happiness, madness, sadness, terror and elation that this career provides. For the families of the Medics, the support you give to us, is what helps us get through the bad times. Some Medics don't share their day with their families to shield them from the pain they see and feel. It doesn't mean they don't want to share their day with you - it just means that sometimes things are too painful. Sometimes all we want to do is focus on the life and joy that is surrounding us. For me, simple things like having an undisturbed coffee with the ones I treasure in my life is all I need to comfort me and stick my broken bits together again. I'm sorry I get frustrated when I arrive home from a night shift and you are multitasking having your morning coffee with me, and mundane chores. I had a bad call last night, and I just wanted to look at you, see you smile, and tell you how thankful I am to have you in my life. I'm sorry I cause fights while we share that coffee, sometimes I'm not very good at expressing myself and all I'm trying to say is, "Please just STOP for 5 minutes, I need you now.". I'm sorry you get annoyed when I make you a cup of tea that is too hot to drink, I just want that cup of tea together to last forever.

Blood on My Shirt

Blood on My Shirt
Author: Michael C. Burzek
Publsiher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2011-03-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781426956829

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Emergency response is an unpredictable and ever-changing experienceboredom one moment and chaos the next. The efforts of the paramedic are singular in purposethat is, to save lives. But not everyone is cut out for a career in emergency medicine; the demands can be overwhelming. In his memoir, Blood on My Shirt, former British Columbia paramedic Michael Burzek provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of emergency medicine that encompasses car accidents, bar fights, freak accidents, and heart attacks. While sharing the perils that accompany paramedic duties, Burzek also dispels the myths that surround emergency medicine. As he narrates his personal story of how he was led to become a paramedic, Burzek also details the conflicting emotions that regularly surround EMTs such as fear and frustration, anxiety and anger, laughter and love, and the ever present question, Why couldnt we save the victim? For anyone who has wondered what it is like to ride in the front seat of an ambulance with its sirens blaring while on a mission to save a life, the stories in Blood on My Shirt provide an honest, eye-opening snapshot of day in the life of an EMT.

Red 44

Red 44
Author: Dom Smith
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2017-08-07
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 152204454X

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"Thursday evening we had a shout at about 2030hrs to a Major Catastrophe at the Mulberry Bush Pub in the City Centre, Bomb gone off. We knew that this was the big one. We turned out on blues and twos, I tried to tell control that we were mobile but the radio was going crazy, we could not get a word in so we did not bother we just responded, travelling in silence each wrapped up in his own thoughts, I'm sure my mate was thinking the same as me, neither of us had ever dealt with anything like this. We knew it was bad because control had told us that they were sending in everything. Upon our arrival we saw that the Taxi Drivers were escorting patients to the accident hospital. They were trying to be helpful but in the big scheme of things it turned out to be a hindrance. I can understand the need to get casualties away as soon as possible but from an operational point it created more difficulty's than could be envisaged at the time.....As I looked around me at the Site it was sheer carnage, it's ok to talk about Triage, that is the method of taking away the most critical patients first but how do you begin when you are looking at a pile of about 50 bodies, dead and dying and all the walking wounded who are scattered around a large area, with some trying to extricate themselves from under the Bodies that were piled up on top of them?"This memoir is a remarkable insight into the front line work of an ambulance crew based at a busy Fire Station in the City of Birmingham from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s. You will feel as though you are beside the author every step of the way, able to see it, smell it and feel it all along with him. You will smile when he smiled at some of the incidents he attended and when he shed a tear you will do the same.

Red 44

Red 44
Author: John Rushton
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2024
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: 1520340389

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"Thursday evening we had a shout at about 2030hrs to a Major Catastrophe at the Mulberry Bush Pub in the City Centre, Bomb gone off. We knew that this was the big one. We turned out on blues and twos, I tried to tell control that we were mobile but the radio was going crazy, we could not get a word in so we did not bother we just responded, travelling in silence each wrapped up in his own thoughts, I'm sure my mate was thinking the same as me, neither of us had ever dealt with anything like this. We knew it was bad because control had told us that they were sending in everything. Upon our arrival we learned that the Fire Brigade had, before our arrival, asked for assistance from the Taxi Drivers who were very helpful but in the big scheme of things it turned out to be a hindrance. I can understand the need to get casualties away as soon as possible but from an operational point it created more difficulty's than could be envisaged at the time.....As I looked around me at the Site it was sheer carnage, it's ok to talk about Triage, that is the method of taking away the most critical patients first but how do you begin when you are looking at a pile of about 50 bodies, dead and dying and all the walking wounded who are scattered around a large area, with some trying to extricate themselves from under the Bodies that were piled up on top of them?"

Of Battles Long Ago

Of Battles Long Ago
Author: G. Ripley Cutler
Publsiher: Exposition Pressof Florida
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0682493961

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"The Great War of Europe took place over sixty years ago. During that war a young American volunteer ambulance driver began a diary. He kept that diary faithfully, from the day his ship sailed out of New York Harbor, bound for Paris, to the day he returned, headed for home at last. By its very nature, therefore, this memoir has a vitality that involves the reader thoroughly--not only in the carnage of war, but also in the friendships of men thrown together by circumstances, the details of the life spent in trenches carved out of the earth itself, and the humor that is a well-documented facet of life under stress. It is a fine line that Mr. Cutler forces us to follow. For, while we are being beguiled by his delightful stories, we are never allowed to forget that a brutal war is their backdrop. One hundred and thirty-two photographs, positioned throughout the book, bear silent witness to beauty destroyed--and death triumphant. Eventually the American Field Service's ambulance sections were absorbed into the American Expeditionary Force. The volunteers were forced to make a decision--go home and be drafted, or enlist for the duration. Mr. Cutler chose the latter course of action. Once again in the middle of the fight, he was wounded and awarded the croix de guerre. The author takes us to the several hospitals where he was a patient, to the front during three major battles, to periods of rest and recreation, and on many ambulance runs under fire--when the whistling of incoming shells alone was enough to cause visions of horror. More than a diary, more than a photo album, Of Battles Long Ago is the total record of a man who lived through the events most of us have just read about."--Jacket.

Memoirs of a Firefighter Paramedic

Memoirs of a Firefighter Paramedic
Author: Bruce Zamelsky
Publsiher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2008
Genre: Emergency medical technicians
ISBN: 9781438909431

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This book has more than twenty years of real-life incidents and was written for two reasons. I want those who are just starting in this profession and also those who have many years' experience, both paid and volunteers, to understand the roller coaster of emotions they will experience. The other reason for writing this book is to try to explain to the general public what emergency responders go through and the many different emotions we experience. We are not robots- we are just like you. We are your neighbors, your teachers, and your friends. Every one of us has dedicated a tremendous amount of time and energy in preparing to be there in your time of need. It is our privilege and we love to do it. Everything I talk about in the book is real; there are no fabricated stories or sensationalizing to make the incidents sound more dramatic. They are written truthfully, as they happened, and the emotions are genuine. I hope this book sheds some light on the courageous and extraordinary people that work and volunteer in these professions and the challenges they face.

Train to Nowhere

Train to Nowhere
Author: Anita Leslie
Publsiher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-08-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781448216673

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One of Hay Festival's 100 Best Books Written by Women in the Last 100 Years 'Train to Nowhere speaks of another mood, a different time and a grittier generation...This, surely, is the second world war we want to rediscover in print' Robert McCrum, Observer 'If Evelyn Waugh's Mrs Algernon Stitch had been possessed of a heart, a sense of humour, and a glorious prose style, it could be said that she was a dead ringer for Anita Leslie. Train to Nowhere is a glorious book, brought back to vivid life.' John Banville, Booker Prize winning author of The Sea 'Train To Nowhere is the most gripping piece of war reportage I have ever read: particularly affecting is Anita Leslie's account of the Battle of Colmar, where her descriptions are almost too unbearable to take in. What a writer! Her observations, mixed with dry humour and compassion, place her at the heart of the conflict and somehow apart from it, as a good historian should be. Remarkable.' Joanna Lumley Train to Nowhere is a war memoir seen through the sardonic eyes of Anita Leslie, a funny and vivacious young woman who reports on her experiences with a dry humour, finding the absurd alongside the tragic. Daughter of a Baronet and first cousin once removed of Winston Churchill, she joined the Mechanized Transport Corps as a fully trained mechanic and ambulance driver during WWII, serving in Libya, Syria, Palestine, Italy, France and Germany. Ahead of her time, Anita bemoans 'first-rate women subordinate to second-rate men,' and, as the British Army forbade women from serving at the front, joined the Free French Forces in order to do what she felt was her duty. Writing letters in Hitler's recently vacated office and marching in the Victory parade contrast with observations of seeing friends murdered and a mother avenging her son by coldly shooting a prisoner of war. Unflinching and unsentimental, Train to Nowhere is a memoir of Anita's war, one that, long after it was written, remains poignant and relevant.