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Fighting for your life, a paramedic's story, Lysa Walder and Jacky Hyams ; read by Emma Carter

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Fighting for your life

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Lysa Walder and Jacky Hyams ; read by Emma Carter

a paramedic's story

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

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