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OverviewWhat is the role of the ambulance in the American city? The prevailing narrative provides a rather simple answer: saving and transporting the critically ill and injured. This is not an incorrect description, but it is incomplete. Drawing on field observations, medical records, and his own experience as a novice emergency medical technician, sociologist Josh Seim reimagines paramedicine as a frontline institution for governing urban suffering. Bandage, Sort, and Hustle argues that the ambulance is part of a fragmented regime that is focused more on neutralizing hardships (which are disproportionately carried by poor people and people of color) than on eradicating the root causes of agony. Whether by compressing lifeless chests on the streets or by transporting the publicly intoxicated into the hospital, ambulance crews tend to handle suffering bodies near the bottom of the polarized metropolis. Seim illustrates how this work puts crews in recurrent, and sometimes tense, contact with the emergency department nurses and police officers who share their clientele. These street-level relations, however, cannot be understood without considering the bureaucratic and capitalistic forces that control and coordinate ambulance labor from above. Beyond the ambulance, this book motivates a labor-centric model for understanding the frontline governance of down-and-out populations. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Josh SeimPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.499kg ISBN: 9780520300217ISBN 10: 0520300211 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 04 February 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Author’s Note Acknowledgments Introduction PART I BANDAGING BODIES: INSIDE THE AMBULANCE 1. People Work 2. Ditch Doctors and Taxi Drivers 3. Feeling the Ambulance PART II SORTING BODIES: THE AMBULANCE BETWEEN HOSPITALS AND SQUAD CARS 4. The Fix-Up Workers 5. The Cleanup Workers 6. Burden Shuffling PART III HUSTING BODIES: THE AMBULANCE UNDERNEATH BUREAUCRACY AND CAPITAL 7. The Barn 8. Supervision 9. Payback Conclusion Appendix: Notes on Data and Methods Notes Reference List IndexReviewsStunning analysis of the Emergency Medical System (EMS), its frontline workers, and patients . . . . A great source for highlighting how well-intentioned labor processes within seemingly benevolent occupations can further marginalize people and reproduce social inequalities. * British Medical Journal, Medical Humanities * """Stunning analysis of the Emergency Medical System (EMS), its frontline workers, and patients . . . . A great source for highlighting how well-intentioned labor processes within seemingly benevolent occupations can further marginalize people and reproduce social inequalities."" * British Medical Journal, Medical Humanities *" Author InformationJosh Seim is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Boston College. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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