Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine

Peter Canning

Feb 2009 · Sold by Ivy Books

About this ebook

In this unforgettable, dramatic account of one man's experience as an EMT, Peter Canning relives the nerve-racking seconds that can mean the difference between a patient's death and survival, as Canning struggles to make the right call, dispense the right medication, or keep a patient's heart beating long enough to reach the hospital. As Canning tells his graphic, gripping war stories--of the lives he saved and lost; of the fear, the nightmares, and the constant adrenaline-pumping thrill of action--we come away with an unforgettable portrait of what it means to be a hero.

Ratings and reviews

I have read all of Peter's books my mom was his supervisor in Hartford he is a brilliant person he tells it how it was and what he saw also if you read it you kinda feel like your right in the bus with him

Kind of hard to draw me in, and at times sporadic, it was an over all good book.

I got it when it first came out years ago and I constantly reread it for the stories and the knowledge. Its an amazing book. It changed my life.

About the author

Peter Canning is a full-time paramedic in Hartford, Connecticut. In addition to his government jobs, he has worked as a cabdriver, cook, meatpacker, telephone solicitor, book reviewer, and laborer. A graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Canning is currently at work on a novel about EMS.