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Lights and Sirens
A true account of going through UCLA’s famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program—and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles. Nine 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. Few 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. An in-depth look at the trials and tragedies that paramedic students experience daily, Lights and Sirens is ultimately about the best part of humanity—people working together to help save a human life.
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A true account of going through UCLA’s famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program—and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles. Nine 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. Few 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. An in-depth look at the trials and tragedies that paramedic students experience daily, Lights and Sirens is ultimately about the best part of humanity—people working together to help save a human life. Read more
| ISBN-13 | 9780425275238 |
| ISBN-10 | 042527523X |
| Publisher | Berkley |
| Publication Date | June 2015 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pages | 336 |
| Language | English |
| Dimensions | 5.47 x 0.83 x 8.19 inches |
| Weight | 10.2 ounces |
Expert Analysis & Insights
In-depth editorial assessment across key dimensions
Inspires resilience, conveys the weight of responsibility, and normalizes self-doubt during training.
Ideal reading for pre-paramedic students to set expectations and bolster motivation.
Mirrors components of typical US paramedic education: classroom, hospital clinicals, and field internship.
Beneficial for educators to illustrate the learner experience or supplement orientation reading.
Portrays authentic field internship challenges, scene management, and coping under pressure.
Useful for paramedic students to mentally rehearse the stressors of field training.
Accurately depicts prehospital emergencies, procedures, and terminology, endorsed by practitioners for realism.
Suitable for clinicians wanting insight into prehospital care realities without deep procedural detail.
Vividly chronicles paramedic training phases—didactic, ER rotations, field internship—offering an immersive student perspective on stress and learning.
Best for EMTs considering paramedic school to emotionally and mentally prepare for the rigors.
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