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Rescue 471

A Paramedic's Stories

A Paramedic's Stories

By Peter Canning

By Peter Canning

By Peter Canning

By Peter Canning

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    About Rescue 471

    TRUE LIFE-AND-DEATH DRAMA

    In taut, thrilling prose, Peter Canning has written a book that captures the rarely seen real world of emergency medicine. A seasoned paramedic who fights under enormous pressure to save lives, Canning trains new paramedics for the rigors of a nonstop, action-packed battle. From a four-month-old baby who has stopped breathing to a sixty-seven-year-old woman with a strange abdominal mass that threatens to explode–these are gripping true stories from the "ER on the streets." An exciting, often moving account, Canning tells a powerful story of camaraderie, selflessness, and courage as paramedics try to stand tall and human through both defeat and victory.

    About Rescue 471

    TRUE LIFE-AND-DEATH DRAMA

    In taut, thrilling prose, Peter Canning has written a book that captures the rarely seen real world of emergency medicine. A seasoned paramedic who fights under enormous pressure to save lives, Canning trains new paramedics for the rigors of a nonstop, action-packed battle. From a four-month-old baby who has stopped breathing to a sixty-seven-year-old woman with a strange abdominal mass that threatens to explode–these are gripping true stories from the "ER on the streets." An exciting, often moving account, Canning tells a powerful story of camaraderie, selflessness, and courage as paramedics try to stand tall and human through both defeat and victory.

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    About Peter Canning

    Peter Canning is a full-time paramedic in Hartford, Connecticut. In addition to his government jobs, he has worked as a cab driver, cook, meatpacker, telephone solicitor, book reviewer, and laborer. A graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Canning is currently… More about Peter Canning

    About Peter Canning

    Peter Canning is a full-time paramedic in Hartford, Connecticut. In addition to his government jobs, he has worked as a cab driver, cook, meatpacker, telephone solicitor, book reviewer, and laborer. A graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, Canning is currently… More about Peter Canning

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Apr 04, 2000 | 304 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780804118828

    Category: Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Mar 23, 2011 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780307788214

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    "THE STREET IS THE TOUGHEST PLACE TO WORK. . . . IT IS TRULY MEDICINE IN THE RAW–STABILIZE, LOAD, AND GO!"
    –ECHO HERON
       Bestselling author of Intensive Care

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