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Known as one of America's most dangerous cities, New Orleans plays host to incidents ranging from the tragic and disturbing to the completely bizarre--and during his career as an emergency medic, Jon McCarthy saw it all. He chronicles some of the most formative calls of his career in this autobiography that reads like crime fiction. McCarthy demonstrates with detail and clarity that the difficult choice is often the right choice. While not for the faint of heart, each entry in this collection provides poignant insight into the bonds between medics and the people and city they serve. Born in Tallahassee, Florida, and a veteran of the United States Coast Guard, Jon McCarthy is proud to be an emergency room paramedic. Since 1996, he has worked in emergency medical services in helicopters, clinics, hospitals, and on the streets of New Orleans. He is one of the cocreators of the New Orleans EMS Field Training Officer (FTO) program and served as the Lead FTO for five years. McCarthy was featured on The Learning Channel program Paramedics and has a side career as an actor.

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Arthur Flavell has worked in a variety of occupational fields, ranging from construction to broadcast radio and television to aviation-both as a pilot and an airfield electronics maintainer. Underlying these seemingly disparate endeavors is a keen regard for language. It reveals itself in a fascination with stories and storytelling; a constant search for new and strange words and worlds. This love was engendered at an early age through reading and listening to storytellers ply their craft. The ongoing exposure to new facets of language and the vistas this opens in the mind is perhaps the greatest reward of all. Quite simply, words are magic. Arthur hopes that you enjoy some of his. A veteran of the United States Coast Guard, Jon McCarthy has worked professionally in EMS since 1996. He is one of the cocreators of the New Orleans EMS Field Training Officer program and served as the lead field training officer for nearly five years. McCarthy lives with his wife, his two sons, and a multitude of dogs and cats.

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