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"A RICHARD AND JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'With poignancy, humour and compassion, Jones invites us into ""the invigorating chaos of pre-hospital care"" . . . a panorama of experiences: the mundane, the ridiculous, the heartbreaking and the tragic' - The Guardian 'This beautifully written book, punctuated with wry humour, is a sobering portrayal of the ailing, the distressed and the lonely... Yet it's also an uplifting read which will make you thankful that should your hour of need arrive, so will someone like Jones' - Daily Express A memoir of the chaos, intensity and occasional beauty of life as a paramedic. A young man has stopped breathing in a supermarket toilet. A pedestrian with a nasty head injury won't let the crew near him on a busy road. A newborn baby is worryingly silent. An addict urinates on the ambulance floor when denied a fix. This is the life of an ambulance paramedic. Jake Jones has worked in the UK ambulance service for ten years: every day, he sees a dozen of the scenes we hope to see only once in a lifetime. Can You Hear Me? - the first thing he says when he arrives on the scene - is a memoir of the chaos, intensity and occasional beauty of life on the front-lines of medicine in the UK. As well as a look into dozens of extraordinary scenes - the hoarder who won't move his collection to let his ailing father leave the house, the blood-soaked man who tries to escape from the ambulance, the life saved by a lucky crew who had been called to see someone else entirely - Can You Hear Me? is an honest examination of the strains and challenges of one of the most demanding and important jobs anyone can do."

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Author:   Jake Jones
Publisher:   Quercus Publishing
Imprint:   Quercus Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 12.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.235kg
ISBN:  

9781529404289

ISBN 10:   1529404282
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   03 September 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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A panorama of experiences: the mundane, the ridiculous, the heartbreaking and the tragic. * Guardian *

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Jake Jones is the pseudonym of an NHS paramedic who has worked on the frontline of the ambulance service for over a decade. He has experience on double crewed ambulances and rapid response vehicles, and in the clinical assessment area of the control room.

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