A thousand naked strangers

A thousand naked strangers: a paramedic's wild ride to the edge and back / Kevin Hazzard 240 pgs.

Next time I tell a good library story, I'm going to remember this book.  Paramedics ALSO work with the public, all ages, types, income levels, but their "customers" are often in a crisis.  They are injured, near death, possibly already dead.  These people are not at their best.  Hazzard tells some AMAZING stories about his 10 years as an EMT then paramedic.  Some of them are horrible, gross, scary, and worse.  But all have a touch of humanity and humor along with the shocking reality.  I would NEVER make it in a situation where I had to provide emergency care or possibly any type of medical care but I'm certainly happy that there are people doing this job and even happier that Kevin Hazzard decided to write about his experiences.

A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedics Wild Ride to the Edge and Back

A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedics Wild Ride to the Edge and Back by Kevin Hazzard, 261 pages.
A fast-paced account of Hazzard's time working as an EMT and then a Paramedic in Atlanta. After studying for several months and becoming an EMT, Hazzard spent about a decade driving an ambulance; first for a private company, then for Fulton County. Once he became a Paramedic, he got his dream job,working for Grady Hospital in Atlanta. The bulk of his career was spent at Grady, and his best stories come from there. There are a lot of crazy vignettes about his own mistakes and misadventures, and a lot of stories about his colleagues, the various bureacracies (his one-time partner, a great Paramedic, was fired for making t-shirts for the ambulance crews, violating the county's copyright), and, of course, the patients.
A quick, engaging read. Reccommended!
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