Book Suggestions for Paramedics and EMTs

This is a collection of wonderful, exciting, and thoughtful books about the job, about the life, and about the passion of caring for others.

A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back
A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride to the Edge and Back

Ambulance Girl
Ambulance Girl

How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT

Rescue 471
Rescue 471

A Paramedic's Stories

Paramedic On The Jobs, In The Headlines
Paramedic On The Jobs, In The Headlines

Paramedic Steffensen 24 years on the streets gives you his first hand accounts of calls that made the headlines.

Trauma Junkie
Trauma Junkie

Memoirs of an Emergency Flight Nurse

Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments
Improvised Medicine: Providing Care in Extreme Environments

This is a creative and interesting book that is filled with techniques to use when traditional tools are simply not available or when you must provide care outside of your specialty. While the book may be intended more for the Hospital, there are many techniques and ideas that can work well for a paramedic.

My Ambulance Education: Life and Death on the Streets of the City
My Ambulance Education: Life and Death on the Streets of the City

This books is a graphic portrayal of the life of an EMT. From dealing with a body that is frozen solid and trapped under a front porch to climbing into the burned-out wreck of a car to treat the seriously injured driver, Clark's stories are horrifying, poignant, touching and often filled with the dark humor that is so characteristic of the people who work under extreme stress.