Can You Hear Me? - An NHS Paramedic's Encounters with Life and Death

Zusatztext Jake Jones has written a searing, honest, often funny account of life in the UK ambulance service. An intense, and sometimes strangely beautiful, read. Informationen zum Autor Jake Jones is the pseudonym of an NHS paramedic who has worked on the frontline of the ambulance service for over a decade. He has experience on double crewed ambulances and rapid response vehicles, and in the clinical assessment area of the control room. Klappentext A memoir of life as a paramedic, from an author who has worked in the UK ambulance service for ten years. From a young man who has stopped breathing in a supermarket toilet, to a newborn baby who is worryingly silent, these are the real stories of front-line medicine. A young man has stopped breathing in a supermarket toilet. A pedestrian with a nasty head injury won't let the crew near him on a busy road. A newborn baby is worryingly silent. An addict urinates on the ambulance floor when denied a fix. This is the life of an ambulance paramedic. Zusammenfassung A young man has stopped breathing in a supermarket toilet. A pedestrian with a nasty head injury won't let the crew near him on a busy road. A newborn baby is worryingly silent. An addict urinates on the ambulance floor when denied a fix. This is the life of an ambulance paramedic.

Product details

• Authors: Jake Jones
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781529404289
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-0428-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); HEALTH & FITNESS / Health Care Issues, MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine, MEDICAL / Emergency Medicine, Medical profession, Public health & preventive medicine, Accident & emergency medicine, Emergency Services, Accident and emergency medicine, Primary care medicine, primary health care, First aid and paramedical services