Fighting For Your Life: A paramedic's story

di Lysa Walder (Autore)

John Blake Publishing Ltd, 2020

A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffers a terrifying fatal asthma attack; a young girl is gang-raped and her stricken boyfriend takes an overdose; a disturbed young man flings himself in front of a speeding train at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve. Few people can imagine living in a world where such situations are part of everyday life. Yet for veteran paramedic Lysa Walder, these and thousands of other emergency call outs are part of a day's work: scenes of tragedy, heroism loss and horror - but also stories of triumph and humour. Lysa has been a paramedic for over twenty years, working for the London Ambulance service - the world's biggest and busiest free service - for much of that time. Here, she reveals what it's really like to work in a job that brings paramedic teams face-to-face with death - and destiny - every day.

• Autore: Lysa Walder
• Editore: John Blake Publishing Ltd
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 304 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 130 mm
• Peso: 265 gr.
• EAN: 9781789462043

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