The street saint : emergency at the emergency services /

A veteran paramedic declares an emergency in our nation's trauma care system, decries the declining standards within the commercial ambulance corps and hospital emergency rooms, and offers a first-hand account of the emergency care system. In a dramatic semi-autobiographical volume he points ou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Purdy, Chuck
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Algora Pub., ©2002.
Temas:
Purdy, Chuck.
Purdy, Chuck
Emergency medical technicians > United States > Biography.
Burn out (Psychology)
Emergency medical services.
Burnout, Professional
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency Medical Technicians
Attitude of Health Personnel
Épuisement professionnel.
Services des urgences médicales.
emergency medical centers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
MEDICAL > Allied Health Services > Emergency Medical Services.
HEALTH & FITNESS > First Aid.
Emergency medical technicians.
United States.
Electronic books.
Personal Narrative
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents
  • Chapter 1. "OUCH!"
  • Chapter 2. Going home
  • Chapter 3. Where did it begin?
  • Chapter 4. Talks with another "old fogey"
  • Chapter 5. "Ready" is a state of mind
  • Chapter 6. A.S.S.U.M.E.
  • Chapter 7. God? What did I do today to make you turn on me?
  • Chapter 8. Boy, have the times changed
  • Chapter 9. We've created a monster
  • Chapter 10. Those were the days, my friend
  • Chapter 11. The Blockhead wins
  • Chapter 12. My Dad's a paramedic
  • Chapter 13. If his Dad were there
  • Chapter 14. What's in a name?
  • Chapter 15. If you can't beat 'em ... Move on.
  • Chapter 16. Age and wisdom
  • Chapter 17. The good, the bad, and the ugly truth
  • Chapter 18. It ain't all bad, it just looks that way
  • Chapter 19. It's so sad, it has to be funny
  • Chapter 20. So, you thought that was funny?
  • Chapter 21. Are we having fun yet?
  • Chapter 22. Happy New Year
  • Chapter 23. New year, new millennium. What happened?
  • Chapter 24. Fool me once, shame on you
  • Fool me twice, shame on me
  • Chapter 25. "I see," said the blind man
  • Chapter 26. Who you callin' a fool?
  • Chapter 27. Out of the mouths of babes ...
  • Chapter 28. New century, new attitude.
  • Chapter 29. Let's look at this again, without the rose-colored glasses
  • Chapter 30. It's not the load
  • it's the straw that breaks the camel's back
  • Chapter 31. The dawning
  • Chapter 32. The proof is in the pudding
  • Chapter 33. He's always been crazy, but that's what's kept him sane
  • Chapter 34. To be or not to be? Ah, that's too deep! Just do it!
  • Chapter 35. To make an omelet, you have to break a few eggs
  • Chapter 36. The end
  • and the beginning
  • Chapter 37. Hurt me once, shame on you
  • Hurt me twice, shame on me.

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