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Gutter Medicine: Twenty-Six Years as a Firefighter Paramedic
- Narrated by: Tom Jordan
- Length: 5 hrs and 29 mins
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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.
The street was more than a physical place. It was a place filled with excitement, fear, tragedy, horror, sadness, despair, joy, and laughter. It was a place where routine decisions could have terrible consequences: I am going to the grocery store. Or, I will get the wiring fixed next month. Where people died or were maimed. Often, it was a terrible place. Or maybe it was reality. It was where all safeguards ended and our job began. There were thousands of cases, but these are the ones etched in my memory. The ones that will never go away.
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- HarryH
- 2021-03-02
A must read for any aspiring EMT's
listened to it on a day long drive - definitely a book I would recommend to any aspiring EMT/Medic or Firefighter
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- Jeff
- 2019-03-28
Truly powerful book
As a volunteer firefighter, who is register to start a paramedic program I found his book very profound. Throughout the book I was overwhelmed with empathy, adrenaline and was compelled to listen further. Good listen for those who don't protect and those that do. The street is real!
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- phil blakey
- 2021-11-10
I'm the new generation
Have to be there to really understand. I can relate to alot of the stories. it's nice to know your not fighting these little battles alone.
I got it from here brother.
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- Andrew Thompson
- 2020-10-07
Every new Firefighter needs to hear his story
I have had similar experiences as Roger and his story is a real gut-check for future probies.
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- Matthew
- 2019-11-09
One of a kind
Amazing book, it was hard to stop listening. As a firefighter I was glued to every word as he described his days and callas as one one the first fire medics.
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