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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. It would turn out to be the hardest thing Grange had ever done but also the most transformational and inspiring. An in-depth look at the trials and tragedies that paramedic students experience daily, Lights and Sirens is ultimately about the best part of humanity--people working together to help save a human life.

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Grange's narrative is both exciting and terrifying.-- Publishers Weekly

Grange's narrative is both exciting and terrifying.-- ""Publishers Weekly""

"Grange's narrative is both exciting and terrifying.-- ""Publishers Weekly"""

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Kevin Grange is an award-winning writer with the Society of American Travel Writers. His first book, Beneath Blossom Rain, recounts his twenty-four-day trek through the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. A graduate of UCLA's Paramedic Education Program, Kevin currently works as a paramedic with the National Park Service. Sean Runnette, an Earphones Award-winning narrator, has also directed and produced more than two hundred audiobooks, including several Audie Award winners. His television and film appearances include Two If by Sea, Cop Land, Sex and the City, Law & Order, the award-winning film Easter, and numerous commercials.

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