Rescue 471 by Peter Canning

Rescue 471 by Peter Canning

In taut, thrilling prose, Peter Canning has written a book that captures the rarely seen real world of emergency medicine. A seasoned paramedic who fights under enormous pressure to save lives, Canning trains new paramedics for the rigors of a nonstop, action-packed battle. From a four-month-old baby who has stopped breathing to a sixty-seven-year-old woman with a strange abdominal mass that threatens to explode -- these are gripping true stories from the ER on the streets. In this exciting, often moving account, Canning tells a powerful story of camaraderie, selflessness, and courage as paramedics try to stand tall and human through both defeat and victory.

In Hartford, Connecticut, Peter Canning works as a full-time paramedic. Canning left his desk position in 1991 to become a paramedic on the city streets, a tale detailed in his first book, Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine. A former speechwriter for Connecticut Governor Lowell Weicker and top health aide whose responsibilities included directing the emergency medical services system, Canning left his desk job in 1991 to become a paramedic on the city streets, a journey chronicled in his first book, Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine He attended the Iowa Writers Workshop and graduated with honors.