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What is it really like to be a firefighter? How does it feel to respond to an emergency call, to know that someone's life hangs in the balance and every second is critical? What is it like to fight a fire, to battle through the heat and the smoke, to put your own life in danger to save others? How does it feel to rescue survivors, and what is it like to recover the bodies of those who you didn’t reach in time?

With his fifth edition, Chief John Norman offers lessons learned during his extensive and time-honored career. Chief Norman imparts wisdom and experience by offering advice informed by actual outcomes from the fireground. This guide continues to be invaluable for firefighters aspiring to the officer level and those seeking to promote safety and effectiveness in their organization and the communities they serve by improving their own skills.

A fascinating account of the world’s most famous disease - polio - told as you have never heard it before. Epidemics of paralysis began to rage in the early 1900s, seemingly out of nowhere. Doctors, parents, and health officials were at a loss to explain why this formerly unheard-of disease began paralyzing so many children. Why did this disease start to become such a horrible problem during the late 1800s? Why did it affect children more often than adults? Why was it originally called teething paralysis by mothers and their doctors?

The Lady Whose Mouth I Set on Fire: True Tales from the ER is a collection of amazing, strange, bizarre stories revealing the world of the ER. They are firsthand stories told by an old, tired physician who has survived three decades in this odd, but exciting world of life and death. They are heartwarming, heart-wrenching, hilarious, or fascinating.

My career as a firefighter/paramedic stretched from 1974 to 2000 when were inventing EMS as we went along. These are stories from those years on the street. That place I named so long ago, the other reality that exists just outside most people’s everyday lives. It is a place that seems to exist parallel to the normal workaday existence: yet it is only a car accident or cardiac away for any of us. It manifested itself in brushfires, house fires, shootings, stabbings, hangings, accidents with injuries, cardiacs, codes, drownings, and a thousand other emergencies.

What do you do when suddenly, in one devastating moment, you’re a patient advocate—nurse—decision maker 24/7? You begin to search out and gather in the midst of all the caregiving. This journal recounts a caregiver's journey with a husband who suffered multiple strokes, lost his ability to talk, and fought his way back to living life fully in his highly individual—and ultimately wonderful, “new normal” way. Through the Fire will encourage caregivers not merely to survive but to thrive in walking their own ever-changing path.

Paul Potter, PT, provides an honest discussion and practical direction to help providers chart a new course. The audiobook includes a candid evaluation of the changing environment and the alternatives available for the future. He discusses direct access to clients, and what newly empowered healthcare consumers expect and are willing to pay for.

Cover My Six: A Comprehensive Guide to Firefighter Care is not just another book on mental health—it’s a breakthrough playbook for mastering the full system of care that every firefighter deserves.

This intensive Spanish language program delivers essential communication skills tailored for first responders who need to interact effectively with Spanish-speaking individuals during emergencies. Developed by experienced emergency personnel and language educators, this audiobook provides paramedics, firefighters, police officers, and dispatchers with the precise vocabulary needed to manage high-stakes situations confidently.

At a time when health care is going through major change, nurses - known for being highly capable in a crisis - are being forced to take on more responsibilities. In this increasingly stressful environment, nurses need new ways to make sure they are taking care of themselves so they don't succumb to the physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion of caring for everyone else. Although it outlines the problems nurses face, this book is not about trying to change the working environment.

Here’s a system that works to build mental fitness, resiliency and toughness, even when facing the worst events imaginable. Burnout becomes impossible when prepared to deal with the high-risk situations often met by public safety personnel and those in related high-stress occupations. This unique yet common sense approach for effectively coping with challenges so PTSD or other trauma reactions don’t take over is worth every minute spent practicing the stress-reducing A-to-Z exercises.

Hi, I am Michael Fields I have been a Firefighter for over 10 years, I wanted to write a book that is not only a guide to becoming a probationary firefighter or first responder, but also a cookbook to share my passion for cooking. This audiobook will teach you the basics of what you need to know as a probationary first responder, and will teach you the basics of cooking.