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The story of Providence Fire Department advanced life support vehicle Rescue 1.
BR>In Rescuing Providence, Lieutenant Michael Morse of the Providence, Rhode Island, Fire Department takes you along for 34 nonstop hours in the life of a big-city firefighter/emergency medical technician. Ride through the tough streets of South Providence, the historic mansions of the East Side and the tattered but emerging West End as Morse and his EMS team respond to drug overdoses, heart attacks, car accidents, gunshot wounds, suicides, alcoholics, premature births, broken bones, and other medical emergencies that are all in a day's work for them.BR>BR>The brave men and women who | |  | | Responding
You are part of Rescue 1, an advanced life support vehicle in Providence, RI, as you respond to emergencies during a grueling thirty-eight hour shift.
What I like about this book, as well, as his first one, is that I found at several points, I was reminded of what I like most about EMS – the view of others’ lives and the quiet moments where you just stop and feel the whole universe around you, and sad or joyful, tragic or miraculous in that moment you feel that you are a witness to life and the human condition that is laid bare before you, and even if that moment hurts, you feel honored to be allowed to see and feel it and to be present. Three moments in particular in this book stand out for me, Morse on scene over tim |
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We Will Stone Him
by John Gambacorta
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 We Will Stone Him is a raw, unfiltered trauma memoir about surviving childhood abuse, emotional manipulation, and the lifelong wounds that follow. This true story marks the beginning of the Rising From The Ashes Trilogy, John Gambacorta and his survi |
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