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A true account of going through UCLA's famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program - and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles.Nine months of tying tourniquets and pushing new medications, of IVs, chest compressions, and defibrillator shocks - that was Kevin Grange's initiation into emergency medicine when, at age thirty-six, he enrolled in the "Harvard of paramedic schools": UCLA's Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program, long considered one of the best and most intense paramedic training programs in the world.Few jobs can match the stress, trauma, and drama that a paramedic calls a typical day at the office, and few educational settings can match the pressure and competitiveness of paramedic school. Blending months of classroom instruction with ER rotations and a grueling field internship with the Los Angeles Fire Department, UCLA's paramedic program is like a mix of boot camp and med school.
About the Author
Kevin Grange is a firefighter paramedic and an award-winning freelance writer with an emphasis on the medical field, adventure and travel.Kevin's new book, WILD RESCUES, details his experiences as a paramedic with the National Park Service and will be published by Chicago Review Press in April 2021. In June 2015, Berkley Books, published LIGHTS AND SIRENS, Kevin's true account of going through UCLA's renowned Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program--and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles.In 2011, The University of Nebraska Press published Kevin's travel memoir, BENEATH BLOSSOM RAIN, about his 24-day trek through the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan.When he's not at the fire station or his desk, Kevin can be found skiing, hiking and mountain biking in the wild areas around Jackson Hole. Instagram: @kevin.m.grangeFacebook: Kevin Grangewww.kevingrange.com
