A Paramedic's Story Life, Death, and Everything in Between

by Grayson, Steven Kelly

• ISBN13: 9781607146575
• ISBN10: 1607146576
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-02
• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing

Summary

Welcome to the life-and-death world of the paramedic-sometimes bloody, sometimes zany, but always gripping.

Author Biography

Steven "Kelly" Grayson is a critical case paramedic, EMS Instructor Coordinator, and owner of an EMS education and consulting firm, MEDIC Training Solutions, which trains thousands of first responders. He is the creator of the popular blog ambulancedriverfiles.com.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Welcome to the Asylum	p. 1
I'm Clear, You're Clear, the Chihuahua Is Clear	p. 7
Papermedic	p. 13
First Code	p. 16
Show and Tell	p. 26
Is It Me, or Is It Drafty in Here?	p. 28
Misdemeanor Credit Card	p. 31
DWPA (Dead with Paramedic Assistance)	p. 39
That Biohazard Bag Is Movingà	p. 45
Hey, Kid, Where's the Cop?	p. 49
My Favorite Martin	p. 52
Kismet	p. 60
Crying Wolf	p. 63
Masculinity Lessons	p. 73
Two Saves in Two Days	p. 84
Tube Me Sheila	p. 96
Look, I'm an IV Pole!	p. 100
Back to the Promised Land	p. 106
Dying Alone	p. 111
Animal Magnetism	p. 117
Cursed	p. 123
Turn Off That Pacemaker!	p. 129
What Do You Mean, Dead?	p. 138
Karma	p. 144
Better Him than Me	p. 147
Uh, Who's Running the Hospital?	p. 154
Pissing Contest	p. 159
Deep in the Arms of Prince Valium	p. 164
Dead Bodies and Burnout	p. 169
Modified Scrotal Lead	p. 178
Poor Boy CPAP	p. 182
That Ain't Blood	p. 187
Supermedic	p. 191
TLC	p. 197
I'm a Big Girl, and I Know What I'm Doing	p. 209
She Digs Me-I Can Tell	p. 216
Thwarting Natural Selection	p. 223
When Ostriches Attack	p. 228
Ten-Dollar Words	p. 233
Clueless	p. 237
Little White Crosses	p. 240
Tank	p. 251
Pucker Factor: 11.0	p. 255
Leon and the Man-Eating Car	p. 269
Hoppy Doll	p. 274
Ice Storm	p. 280
Varices	p. 291
Silent Night	p. 297
Grief Sponge	p. 301
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