Ambulance Man A Memoir by Brian Casey
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Ambulance Man chronicles the memories of
an earnest kid with a huge visual appetite, burdened with a learning
disability that leaves him hypervigilant and ever watchful. As a grand
distraction from his childhood boredom and anxiety, and with an odd
attraction to disorder and chaos, he developed a savant-like skill for
locating crashes and mishaps throughout small town Stillwater Minnesota
by 'siren chasing.' Although he was intensely interested in all things
emergency (police, fire, medical), it was the majestic Cadillac
ambulance and the calm, lean ambulance workers, whose duties were mostly
hidden that held his special reverence.
This childhood pursuit
led to his training as an EMT and joining the crew at Stillwater Taxi
and Ambulance Service. Casey recounts his deficit-laden learning process
and unconventional entry into ambulance work in a self-deprecating and
poignant way, while recounting car crashes, heart attacks, drowned kids,
and the characters that made up this small-town world. The book's tempo
increases as he begins a career as a paramedic in Spokane, Washington
providing the reader a ride-along with 1980s paramedics as they navigate
speed and gore in the 24-hour-life of a city.
Enjoy the
author's remarkable ability to recall what he noticed and tell ambulance
stories that are unforgettable. Be there to experience his realized
dream of glory, tragedy, and awakening to the price he paid. Ambulance Man
is the sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, but always heartfelt
story of a young man's entry into the uniquely intense and rewarding
occupation of ambulance work.