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  O'Malley Family: Book 7

  The Rescuer

  by Dee Henderson

  Stephen O'Malley is a paramedic who has been rescuing people all his life. But he's running now -- from the burden of his profession, from the grief of losing his sister, and from a God he doesn't want to trust. He's run into a mystery. Stolen jewels are turning up in unexpected places, and his friend Meghan is caught in the middle of the trouble. Stephen's about to run into a night he will never forget: a... (more)
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  The Wrong Bed: Again and Again: Book 1

  Slow Hands

  by Leslie Kelly

  His price? Pure pleasure... This is Maddy Turner's lucky day. The civilized society girl just bid on sexy rogue Jake Wallace at a charity bachelor auction and won! But Maddy knows Jake's dirty little secret. And it should keep her from trying out her new boy toy. Too bad she can't stop herself from indulging in raw, quite uncivilized sex all the same.... Jake Wallace is utterly bewitched by Maddy and utterly... (more)
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  Cedar Cove

  A Cedar Cove Christmas

  by Debbie Macomber

  Mother-to-be Mary Jo Wyse arrives in Cedar Cove on Christmas Eve, searching for her baby's father. David Rhodes had said he'd be in town. But he isn't. Which leaves Mary Jo stranded, pregnant and alone. And there's no room at the local inn.… So Grace Harding brings Mary Jo home to her nearby ranch. She and her husband, Cliff, have a houseful of guests, but they offer her a room over their stable (currently... (more)
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  More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea

  by Tom Reynolds

  The sequel to the bestselling memoir Blood, Sweat & Tea. Tom Reynolds is an ambulance worker. On any given day he can be attacked by strangers, sworn at by motorists, puked on, covered in blood and other much more unpleasant substances. He could help to deliver a baby in the morning and witness the last moments of a dying man in the afternoon. He deals with road accidents, knife attacks, domestic violence,... (more)
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  The Darkest Hour

  Paramedic Lauren Yates stumbles into a world of trouble the night she discovers a dead man in an inner city alley, for the killer lurks nearby. When the murderer threatens to make her life hell if she tells the police, she believes him - he's Thomas Werner, her sister's ex, and a very bad man indeed. But when a stabbing victim tells her with his dying breath that Werner attacked him too, she finds herself with... (more)
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  Tomorrow We Die

  by Shawn Grady

  Jonathan Trestle is a paramedic who's spent the week a few steps behind the angel of death. When he responds to a call about a man sprawled on a downtown sidewalk, Trestle isn't about to lose another victim. CPR revives the man long enough for him to hand Trestle a crumpled piece of paper and say, "Give this to Martin," before being taken to the hospital. The note is a series of dashes and haphazard... (more)
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  Rescue 471: A Paramedic's Stories

  by Peter Canning

  TRUE LIFE-AND-DEATH DRAMA 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... (more)
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  Heartbreakers (Lori Foster): Book 4

  Treat Her Right

  by Lori Foster

  Paramedic Zack Grange was in the market for a wife, but not just any wife. He wanted the perfect role model for his little girl. When Wynn Lane moved in next door, he could state exactly what he didn't want in a wife. No brash, unorthodox amazons need apply! But that was just the father in him talking; the man said "bring it on!" Wynn was no shrinking violet and she wasn't about to change for Zack Grange. Not... (more)
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  Confessions of a Trauma Junkie: My Life as a Nurse Paramedic

  by Sherry Jones Mayo

  Ride in the back of the ambulance with Sherry Jones Mayo Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encounter trauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor. Sherry Jones Mayo has been an Emergency Medical Technician, Emergerncy Room Nurse, and an on-scene critical incident debriefer for Hurricane Katrina. Most people who have observed or experienced physical, mental or... (more)
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  Frantic

  by Katherine Howell

  Sophie Phillips is thrust into a terrible situation when her husband, a police officer, is shot and her son goes missing. Was her husband part of a police gang implicated in a series of robberies? Or was he the cop who tipped off the media to the police involvement? Caroline Lees poignant narration draws on Sophies fear and her determination to take charge in searching for her son and for the truth concerning her... (more)
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  A Paramedic's Diary: Life and Death on the Streets: Life and Death in London

  by Stuart Gray

  Stuart Gray is a paramedic dealing with the worst life can throw at him. A Paramedic's Diary is his gripping, blow-by-blow account of a year on the streets - 12 roller-coaster months of enormous highs and tragic lows. One day he'll save a young mother's life as she gives birth, the next he might watch a young girl die on the tarmac in front of him after a hit-and-run. His is a world of hoax calls, drunks and... (more)
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  Glenbrooke: Book 1

  Secrets

  by Robin Jones Gunn

  Beginning her new life in a small Oregon town, high school English teacher Jessica tries desperately to hide the details of her past. Yet two individuals remain determined to discover the painful truth: the jealous woman who is Jessica's immediate superior, and Kyle Buchanan, a handsome, compassionate paramedic and dreamer. Will Jessica's past destroy her future? Or can she find a deeper peace that will end her... (more)
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  My Ambulance Education: Life and Death on the Streets of the City

  by Joseph F. Clark

  The brutally honest story of an emergency medical technician. At 18, Joseph Clark started working as an ambulance attendant to pay his way through college. For the next seven years he worked New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods as an emergency medical technician (EMT), dealing with the medical emergencies from drug overdoses, gang fights, car crashes and worse, all while juggling schoolwork and a... (more)
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  Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine

  by Peter Canning

  In this unforgettable, dramatic account of one man's experience as an EMT, Peter Canning relives the nerve-racking seconds that can mean the difference between a patient's death and survival, as Canning struggles to make the right call, dispense the right medication, or keep a patient's heart beating long enough to reach the hospital. As Canning tells his graphic, gripping war stories--of the lives he saved and... (more)
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  Safelight

  by Shannon Burke

  It’s 1990, and New York City is in shambles: unemployment reigns, crack wars rage, and whole neighborhoods burn as delinquent landlords cash in. Struggling to come to terms with his father’s death, paramedic and photographer Frank Verbeckas descends into the chaos and misery of upper Manhattan, taking photographs of the ill, the wounded, the dying, and the down-and-out. Accompanying him on his wanderings are his... (more)
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  Blood, Sweat & Tea: Real-Life Adventures in an Inner-City Ambulance

  by Tom Reynolds

  A beautifully written insight into the stresses, strains and successes of working for the London Ambulance service. Is there anyone who hasn't wondered about the state of the occupant of an ambulance, screaming along with its sirens on and blue lights flashing? Have you? And have you wondered about the other people inside the ambulance, maybe fighting to save the patient's life? Or have you considered that the... (more)
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  Virtual Patient Encounters for Mosby's Paramedic Textbook - Revised Reprint

  by Mick J. Sanders MSA EMT-P

  Virtual Patient Encounters is a breakthrough in EMS education! Users can get real-world prehospital experience without leaving the classroom or home! The Virtual Patient Encounters learning triad - a textbook, interactive patient simulation software, and a study guide that ties everything together - offers a state-of-the-art tool for developing critical thinking skills. Users can apply what they're learning in... (more)
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  Wilderness Search and Rescue: A Complete Handbook

  by Tim J. Setnicka

  This book can assist anyone - tripleader or professional - who safeguards others in the outdoors. All the aspects of search and rescue are covered, from knowing how to save your own party to planning a multi-day search, from deploying rescue systems to coping with the paperwork and public relations. Presents a complete system of skills and techniques that can be combined for rescues in any terrain. Uses vivid case... (more)
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  Kate Shugak: Book 4

  A Cold-Blooded Business

  by Dana Stabenow

  A string of drug-related accidents at an oil company's rig in the Arctic Circle forces Kate Shugak to go undercover to scope out a cocaine connection along the TransAlaskan Pipeline. Reprint. AB. LJ.
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  Mosby's Paramedic Textbook - Revised Reprint

  by Mick J. Sanders MSA EMT-P, Kim D. McKenna RN BSN CEN EMT-P MEd

  The Revised Third Edition is updated to reflect the 2005 emergency cardiac care guidelines, and includes an all-new DVD-ROM featuring 64 medical animations that showcase anatomy & physiology and procedures. This book gives you everything you want in a paramedic textbook... and more! Updated, expanded, and packed with valuable new support materials, Mosby's Paramedic Textbook, 3rd Edition, is a comprehensive... (more)