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Following up on his well-received first book, Andy Thompson provides another captivating, thought-provoking, and at times intense glimpse into the daily life of a paramedic working in the UK's National Health Service. In the style of his first book, Andy recalls each event from the detailed documentation recorded at the time. Each account is written in a way that puts the listener right there next to him, so you live the events in real time.

In every hospital emergency department there is a room reserved for trauma. It is a place where life and death are separated by the thinnest of margins. A place where some families celebrate the most improbable of victories while others face the most devastating of losses. A place where what matters the most in this life is revealed. Trauma Room Two is just such a place. In this collection of short stories, Dr. Green takes the listener inside the hidden emotional landscape of emergency medicine.

When lives matter, profit kills. In this high-stakes world of emergency medicine, the greatest threat isn’t trauma. It’s the tyrant in charge. The Rescue Flight medevac crew is back. A catastrophic multi-vehicle crash in the Colorado Rockies exposes an administrator’s deadly greed. To protect the victims, the team must defy their boss—even if it means risking their careers. With the highway shut down and time running out, seven lives hang in the balance. The fear is real. So is the countdown. And Terry? He’s watching every move.

Whether you are a newcomer or a seasoned professional as a trainer, preceptor, teacher, officer, or instructor, Two Dark Thirty is an excellent resource and guide for you. This book offers a comprehensive and fascinating educational journey by skillfully combining theoretical concepts, educational principles, and real-life experiences.

Lias Leben scheint perfekt: Top-Abschluss, eine gemeinsame Wohnung mit ihrem Freund Preston – bis sie erfährt, dass er sie hintergeht und über Lia an das Familienunternehmen herankommen will. Verletzt flüchtet sie zu ihrem Bruder Holden nach Creighton, entschlossen, sich nur auf sich selbst zu konzentrieren. Doch dann trifft sie Garrick – Notfallsanitäter, Holdens bester Freund, charmant, witzig und viel zu attraktiv. Auch er kommt aus einer gescheiterten Beziehung, und beide sind sich einig: das mit ihnen bleibt unverbindlich.

From the back of an ambulance to the front lines of absurdity, Laughter from the Rig takes you inside the world of EMS like you’ve never seen it before — through the side-splitting, jaw-dropping, “you-can’t-make-this-up” moments that keep medics laughing through the chaos. Paramedics and EMTs don’t just handle emergencies — they handle the bizarre, the hilarious, and the downright unbelievable.

When Joanne Jacobson’s writing about her mother’s respiratory illness was interrupted by her own diagnosis with a rare blood disorder, she found her perspective profoundly altered. Every Last Breath follows these two chronic illnesses as they grow unexpectedly intertwined. Rejecting a fixed, retrospective point of view and the forward-moving trajectory of conventional memoir, Jacobson brings the reader to the emotionally raw present - where potentially fatal illness and “end of life” both remain, emphatically, life.