Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine

Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine

by Peter Canning
Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine

Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine

by Peter Canning

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Overview

In this unforgettable, dramatic account of one man's experience as an EMT, Peter Canning relives the nerve-racking seconds that can mean the difference between a patient's death and survival, as Canning struggles to make the right call, dispense the right medication, or keep a patient's heart beating long enough to reach the hospital. As Canning tells his graphic, gripping war stories—of the lives he saved and lost; of the fear, the nightmares, and the constant adrenaline-pumping thrill of action—we come away with an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a hero.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780804116145
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 09/28/1998
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 4.20(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Peter Canning is a full-time paramedic in Hartford, Connecticut. In addition to his government jobs, he has worked as a cabdriver, cook, meatpacker, telephone solicitor, book reviewer, and laborer. A graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Canning is currently at work on a novel about EMS.

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