A cardiac technician takes you to the front lines of emergency medicineтАФfrom tragic car accidents to gunshot woundsтАФin this тАЬfast-movingтАЭ memoir (Booklist).
This book takes the reader to the front lines of medicine, from a serious automobile accident on a dark country road to a woman in cardiac arrest to a young man with nearтАРfatal gunshot wounds. For these patients and countless others, treatment cannot wait until they are wheeled into a distant emergency room. If lives are to be salvaged, care must begin with the lifeтАРsaving skills of Emergency Medical Technicians. тАЬI could never work on a rescue squad,тАЭ is a statement the author has heard over and over throughout her years of squad service and readily admits it once described her own feelings. тАЬIf I can do it, so can you,тАЭ is her response to those whose fear and selfтАРdoubt hold them back. тАЬAnything is possible.тАЭ
EMT: Beyond the Lights and Sirens┬аis more than a personal account of Pat IveyтАЩs rescue squad experiences. It is a story of courage and hope and letting go of past losses. It is a book for anyone who has ever struggled to go beyond who they are. Step aboard the ambulance. Witness the tender moments amidst tragedy. Experience the joy and the anguish, and share the tears and laughter of volunteer rescue squad personnel who respond around the clock to the cries of others. In this heartwarming and compelling book, Pat Ivey takes the reader beyond the lights and sirens on a journey they will never forget.