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Riding the Lightning : A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic by Anthony Almojera is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Riding the Lightning : A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic about?
"An intense look at the high-stakes world of a NYC paramedic in the months before and after COVID-19 altered our landscape." — Damon Tweedy, MD, author of Black Man in a White Coat: A Doctor's Reflections on Race and Medicine The education of a New York City paramedic, whose tales of tragedy and transcendence over a single year culminate in the greatest challenge the city's emergency medical system has ever faced: COVID-19. As a seasoned paramedic and union leader, Anthony Almojera thought he could handle anything his job threw at him. Like many medical first responders, he came from a troubled background and carried the traumas of the city as well as its triumphs. He had grown up in the rough-and-tumble Park Slope of the 1980s, been homeless for a time, and had watched murder, addiction, and hopelessness consume those closest to him. But he had dedicated his life to helping people in need, and while every day was filled with tragedy—stabbings, shootings, accidents, suicides—it also brought moments of uplift: births, resuscitations, and rescues that reminded Anthony and his coworkers why EMS was the most thrilling job on earth, even if the pay was lousy and the hours were long. So
Who reads Riding the Lightning : A Year in the Life of a New York City Paramedic?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Anthony Almojera
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780358652878
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Medical, Memoir, Science
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5 (141 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14