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  • Fighting for Your Life

  • A Paramedic's Story
  • By: Lysa Walder
  • Narrated by: Emma Carter
  • Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (642 ratings)

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Fighting for Your Life

By: Lysa Walder
Narrated by: Emma Carter
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Summary

A teenage boy lies on the pavement, bleeding from a stab wound; a distraught mum watches, in mute shock, as her daughter suffers a terrifying fatal asthma attack; a young girl is gang-raped and her stricken boyfriend takes an overdose; a disturbed young man flings himself in front of a speeding train at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve.

Few people can imagine living in a world where such situations are part of everyday life. Yet for veteran paramedic Lysa Walder, these and thousands of other emergency call outs are part of a day's work: scenes of tragedy, heroism, loss and horror - but also stories of triumph and humour.

Lysa has been a paramedic for over 20 years, working for the London Ambulance service - the world's biggest and busiest free service - for much of that time. Here, she reveals what it's really like to work in a job that brings paramedic teams face-to-face with death - and destiny - every day.

©2011 Lysa Walder and Jackie Hyams (P)2020 Bonnier Books UK
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Fabulous Read

Being an emergency worker myself, it was very interesting to hear similar stories and accounts that I have experienced within my work. It was very well scripted and narrated with some very funny anecdotes.

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Entertaining stories

I enjoyed the variety of patient backgrounds and the absurdity of the situations of some of the patients.

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Such good stories very well described

A good in-depth look at a career in the ambulance service. the stories are so well read and written that you can feel like you are there

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Excellent

Fascinating memoir of daily life within the ambulance service. Very much enjoyed listening to this.

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Loved it

Really interesting insight into the paramedic life. Really enjoyed it. I could listen to more Thank you

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A well delivered book but…

This book was a good insight into life as a paramedic but I felt that an awful lot of the patients died I hope this is not a true reflection of the calls a paramedic does or we would all be in trouble. I know it is a difficult and challenging job but I would like to think it is rewarding too.

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Such an eye opener

Goodness this was such an eye opener into the life of a paramedic. I was gripped by the stories, told with such compassion. This lady is remarkable

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Really enjoyed this one.

Easy to listen too. Captivating. Exciting. Sad. Finished way quicker than I'd have liked. More please!

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Great read

I really enjoyed this book will defo listen to this again would defo recommend anyone who thinking of going into NHS narrator was great

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Cracking listen. Finished it within two days

Enjoyed all the stories. Hoping to study paramedic practice, so definitely was an interesting insight into their field of work.

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