Lights and Sirens

Name: Lights and Sirens
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ISBN: 9780425275238

Kevin Grange

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Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
15 January 2017

Autobiography: science, technology & engineering; Memoirs; Accident & emergency medicine

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 emergency medicine when, at age thirty-six, he enrolled in the ""Harvard of paramedic schools""- UCLA's Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program, long considered one of the best and most intense paramedic training programs in the world.

Few jobs can match the stress, trauma, and drama that a paramedic calls a typical day at the office, and few educational settings can match the pressure and competitiveness of paramedic school. Blending months of classroom instruction with ER rotations and a grueling field internship with the Los Angeles Fire Department, UCLA's paramedic program is like a mix of boot camp and med school. It would turn out to be the hardest thing Grange had ever done-but also the most transformational and inspiring.

An in-depth look at the trials and tragedies that paramedic students experience daily, Lights and Sirens is ultimately about the best part of humanity-people working together to help save a human life.

By: Kevin Grange
Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 208mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9780425275238
ISBN 10: 042527523X
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 January 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for Lights and Sirens

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