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Indlæser... A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back (udgave 2016)af Kevin Hazzard (Forfatter)
Work InformationA Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back af Kevin Hazzard (Author)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Really well written. I picked this up because I'd heard the author interviewed, and didn't even realize until I started reading that he worked in Atlanta, which made it even more interesting, since I moved to the area long after the Olympics changed things so much, so stories of what it was like before are kind of fascinating if horrifying. ( ) This was a fast read, with some genuinely interesting and harrowing descriptions of what life is really like when riding in an ambulance for a living. I was intrigued by the amazing and sometimes surreal things Hazzard saw on the job, and I found myself quickly flipping pages to see what happened next. Unfortunately, I was less enamoured with the overall depressing look at life as an EMT and paramedic. I guess I was hoping for a more upbeat ending, rather than a descent into slow burnout. I’m sure it’s realistic, but I grew less and less interested in the author’s experiences as he became disillusioned and depressed with the job as a whole. The book was described as “funny”, but I walked away after turning the last page feeling morose and despondent. I did, however, also find a new appreciation for the amazing people who do this very tough job day in and day out. If King’s On Writing is the definitive must-read for authors, then Hazzard’s A Thousand Naked Strangers is the same for EMTs, paramedics, and anyone who wants to see a decade-long emergency medicine career from inception to burnout. Hilarious, touching, and often thought-provoking, A Thousand Naked Strangers follows a fledgling EMT through a series of cases so bizarre they have to be true. From the early days on a private bus to later days as part of Grady’s elite, nothing about Hazzard’s harrowing experiences will make you want to do this job (unless you’re an adrenaline junkie or that rare breed with whom medicine clicks). I hail from a fifteen year medical field career myself, having known my share of second-guessers, “tourists,” burnouts, and near-killers. A fantastic true-to-life telling of one of the most underappreciated occupations, I wish I could give A Thousand Naked Strangers ten stars. A must-read, can’t-put-it-down page-turner because though the author may have been a paramedic, he’s also one hell of a storyteller. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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"A former paramedic's visceral, poignant, and mordantly funny account of a decade spent on Atlanta's mean streets saving lives and connecting with the drama and occasional beauty that lies inside catastrophe. In the aftermath of 9/11 Kevin Hazzard felt that something was missing from his life--his days were too safe, too routine. A failed salesman turned local reporter, he wanted to test himself, see how he might respond to pressure and danger. He signed up for emergency medical training and became, at age twenty-six, a newly minted EMT running calls in the worst sections of Atlanta. His life entered a different realm--one of blood, violence, and amazing grace. Thoroughly intimidated at first and frequently terrified, he experienced on a nightly basis the adrenaline rush of walking into chaos. But in his downtime, Kevin reflected on how people's facades drop away when catastrophe strikes. As his hours on the job piled up, he realized he was beginning to see into the truth of things. There is no pretense five beats into a chest compression, or in an alley next to a crack den, or on a dimly lit highway where cars have collided. Eventually, what had at first seemed impossible happened: Kevin acquired mastery. And in the process he was able to discern the professional differences between his freewheeling peers, what marked each--as he termed them--as "a tourist," "true believer," or "killer." Combining indelible scenes that remind us of life's fragile beauty with laugh-out-loud moments that keep us smiling through the worst, A Thousand Naked Strangers is an absorbing read about one man's journey of self-discovery--a trip that also teaches us about ourselves"-- No library descriptions found. |
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