{"product_id":"9780425275238","title":"Lights and Sirens","description":"\u003cb\u003eA true account of going through UCLA’s famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program—and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNine months of tying tourniquets and pushing new medications, of IVs, chest compressions, and defibrillator shocks—that was Kevin Grange’s initiation into emergency medicine when, at age thirty-six, he enrolled in the “Harvard of paramedic schools”: UCLA’s Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program, long considered one of the best and most intense paramedic training programs in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFew jobs can match the stress, trauma, and drama that a paramedic calls a typical day at the office, and few educational settings can match the pressure and competitiveness of paramedic school. Blending months of classroom instruction with ER rotations and a grueling field internship with the Los Angeles Fire Department, UCLA’s paramedic program is like a mix of boot camp and med school. It would turn out to be the hardest thing Grange had ever done—but also the most transformational and inspiring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn in-depth look at the trials and tragedies that paramedic students experience daily, \u003ci\u003eLights and Sirens \u003c\/i\u003eis ultimately about the best part of humanity—people working together to help save a human life.","brand":"Kevin Grange","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":57795098935456,"sku":"9780425275238","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e39ef12c-88b2-4a86-b0f0-0019ffc86d30.jpg?v=1780771398","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780425275238","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}