American Sirens - The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics

"Hazzard tells a ... story of heroes and villains, of brutal attempts to stifle hope, and the resilience of a community that fought back. He follows a rich cast of characters that includes John Moon, an orphan who found his calling as a paramedic; Peter Safar, the Nobel Prize-nominated physician who invented CPR and realized his vision for a trained ambulance service; and Nancy Caroline, the idealistic young doctor who turned a scrappy team into an international leader. At every turn they battled racism--from the community, the police, and the government. Never-before revealed in full, this is a rich and troubling hidden history of the Black origins of America's paramedics, a special band of dedicated essential workers, who stand ready to serve day and night on the line between life and death for every one of us"--

About the author

Kevin Hazzard is a journalist, TV writer, and former paramedic. His first book, A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back, was published by Scribner in 2016. He now writes for film/TV, with work produced by Hulu, CBS, ABC and Universal. His freelance journalism has been published at 99% Invisible, the Atavist, Men’s Journal, Creative Loafing, Atlanta Magazine, and elsewhere. He is also a sought-after voice on emergency medicine. He lives in Atlanta.
 

Summary

The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world

Foreword

The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Hazzard, Hazzard Kevin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2023
• EAN: 9780306926075
• ISBN: 978-0-306-92607-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 232 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Medicine, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) peoples, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people