Emergency Admissions

图书信息

作者	Kit Wharton
出版社	Fourth Estate
ISBN	9780008188610
出版时间	2017-02-09
字数	19.5万
分类	进口书,外文原版书,小说

读书简介

‘Heart-stopping, eye-opening and jaw-dropping. Sometimes painful, sometimes sad, often very, very funny.’ Craig Brown Shocking, funny and unflinchingly honest, Emergency Admissions gives us a fascinating glimpse into the extraordinary world of ambulance driving from the man behind the wheel. Kit Wharton has been an ambulance driver for a dozen years. This book is his report from the frontline of that work：999 calls that hurtle him to critical moments in other peoples’ lives. Nothing in this job is normal, every job is different. From the bizarre to the terrifying and tragic, Wharton takes the reader through his strange work. There is an S&M party gone horribly wrong and bodily discharges sure to make you wretch. There is a man who calls 999 saying he has picked a spot – you can imagine Kit’s irritation. When he arrives, the patient is lying in a pool of his own blood. On the other hand there are colossal time wasters. There are extraordinarily sad stories, heart-warming, touching instances of human bravery and connection Along the way Kit reveals more about his own unconventional upbringing, a childhood pickled in alcohol abuse and bohemian family set ups. As he says, he was well prepared for the ambulance service…

目录

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Disclaimer

1 Just Another Shift …

2 Communication

3 Frequent Flyers

4 Emergency Admissions

5 Fear

6 Alcohol

7 Arguments

8 Children

9 Mental Illness

10 Unsafe Discharges

11 Luck

12 Road Traffic Collisions

13 Sex

14 Suicide

15 Mistakes

16 Heroes

17 Timing

18 Bodies

19 Those Left Behind

20 Pillars of the Community

21 Wonderful People

22 Children (Again)

23 The Best Job in the World

Acknowledgements

About the Author

About the Publisher