Lights and Sirens
The Education of a Paramedic
$36.74
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2017
Summary
The fast-paced memoir of author Kevin Grange’s time in UCLA’s prestigious paramedic school–the “Harvard” of paramedic schools–delivering a rare glimpse into a unique profession.
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 emerg…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780425275238 |
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| ISBN-10: | 042527523X |
| Author: | Kevin Grange |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2017 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 208mm x 140mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
“An insightful and tumultuous virtual journey that reveals the challenging rites of passage needed to become a paramedic…You will be inspired.”—Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS, 17th Surgeon General of the United States
“An authentic, compelling narrative…Grange is an excellent writer.”—Peter Canning, author of Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine
“As fast-paced and thrilling as a ride along in a speeding ambulance.”—Judy Melinek, M.D., co-author of Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies and the Making of a Medical Examiner
“Powerful…A raw, yet intimate view of the making of a paramedic.”— Paul A. Ruggieri, M.D., author of Confessions of a Surgeon and The Cost of Cutting
About The Author
Kevin Grange
Kevin Grange graduated from UCLA’s Paramedic Education Program in 2011 and is an award-winning writer with the Society of American Travel Writers. His first book, Beneath Blossom Rain, recounts a twenty-four-day trek in the Himalayas, and he currently works as a paramedic with the National Park Service.
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