Norm Rooker, EMSResponder.com
As good as SAVING TROY is, I enjoyed Lt. Michael Morse's RESCUING PROVIDENCE even better. This is one medic's journey through 34 hours on two different ambulances.
What follows is a great story complete with calls, partner interactions, past war stories, and the impact of working so many hours on his family. Everything is covered, from drug overdoses, to suicide attempts in various forms, shootings, stabbings, birthing babies and medical conditions of all kinds... Oh, and other aspects of the job such as sleep deprivation and job burnout.
All in all, without giving any of the story away, this is one very well written look at the provision of EMS at the street level - sharp, gritty and realistic without being overly smug, smarmy or condescending. This is one medic's tale that is well worth tracking down for the read.
But don't take my word for it, check it out for yourself and let me know if I overstated my praises for Michael Morse's 34 hour slice of his career.
RESCUING PROVIDENCE
Lt. Michael Morse
Paladin Press, 2007
ISBN: 978-1-58160-629-4
$22.95 at Amazon.com
Saturday, April 12, 2008
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6 comments:
Jeez, do you get the medic pay raise too?? LOL j/k
Awesome to hear such great reviews from "out in the world." You should be damn proud!
Excellent write up. Truthful in it's entirety.
Damn good book just to short. LOL I know it was long for you but it only took me 2hrs to read it.
YOU ROCK!!!
Mike,
It's nice to know that I am not the only scathingly brilliant reader in the universe! LOL.
Others appreciate your work as well and are singing the praises of "Rescuing Providence."
The more who read it the better. It gives insight to what you guys do and what your lives involve. The general public is so misinformed about the extent of your job. It's high time they learned better.
Thanks for all you and your brothers and sisters do every day.
I am proud to know you.
Love, Pat.
Three hundred and forty-nine copies sold at Borders in Cranston! One more... just that one more... I tried so hard today! I will have that puppy sold before Thursday!
Congratulations, Michael. I'm so looking forward to the sequel!
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