My Ambulance Education: Life and Death on the Streets of the City
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.49 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1554074649 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The author or coauthor of numerous articles in scientific journals and three scientific textbooks, he lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Joseph F. Clark, PhD, is a scientist, researcher and faculty member in the University of Cincinnati's Department of Neurology, specializing in the causes and treatments of stroke.
Clark doesn't candy-coat anything and his stories are often blunt, yet respectful. George UT) 2009-06-21)This one gets nine stars. The author's remarks that "you can't have a conversation with an EMTwithout hearing about blood, guts, vomit or death;" accordingly, the holy trinity of blood, vomit and feces is invoked on nearly every page. In the end, Clark is honest about why he got out of the biz, but he clearly doesn't regret his time spent in the back of a rig. The author is also the Dean Koontz of memoir writers - successfully blending the horror of the job with humor. (Publishers Weekly)My Ambulance Education is a lot like that accident on the highway: you want to look, but you don't want to see. a strong sense of gallows humor to deal with the gore an
For the next seven years he worked New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods as an emergency medical technician (EMT), dealing with the medical emergencies from drug overdoses, gang fights, car crashes and worse, all while juggling schoolwork and a personal life. His stories are a graphic portrayal of the life of an ambulance EMT. From dealing with a body that is frozen solid and trapped under a front porch to climbing into the burned-out wreck of a car to treat the seriously injured driver, Clark's stories are horrifying, poignant, touching and often filled with the dark humor that is so characteristic of the people who work under extreme stress. EMTs struggle daily (and nightly) with emotional strain, sleep deprivation and, inevitably, burnout.. My Ambulance Education is a testament to the medical first responders who scramble to provide the on-the-spot care so vital to the survival of victims. The brutally honest story of an emergency medical technician. At 18, Joseph Clark started working as an ambulance attendant to pay his way through college
Excellent! Liz This was a trade paperback printed on the most lovely, silky paper (think elementary school workbooks), and so had the smell. You know that smell. It pulls you into a sense of peace and immediately makes you like the book. Due to the nature of the lovely paper it was quite a heavyweight book, so no single handed reading on this one.Some of the stories were rather disturbing, and it seems that some patients would have been better off if they had died at the scene. No one deserves. "Must Read" according to Janice A. Carrozzella. With chapter titles like; Vomit on the Ceiling, Sleep Depraved and Introducing Death, what is not to like? It is funny and terrifying. A must read. Parts of this book will stick with you. If you've worked EMS you'll nod knowingly at the stories and emotions. It is refreshing to see in print how EMTs deal with these emotions. If you have not worked on an ambulance some things may be quite shocking, but judge not until you walked in those shoes. As the title implies, EDUCATION is . Robert Sharp D.V.M. said Must Read. Whenever an ambulance goes by, everyone stops what they're doing and watches. We all wonder what's happened and what will be done. Well stop wondering! Joe Clark tells all. As a college student with a need to make money, Joe drove an ambulance in the big city and lets us in on the inner workings of an all-night ambulance crew. Sometimes chilling, occasionally gruesome, always captivating the well-written tales of Dr. Clark had me hooked from the first page. Fiction isn't this go