Summary of Anthony Almojera's Riding the Lightning

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 When I entered the dining room that morning, Joe was leaning against a leg of the table. The table was the color of maple syrup, and it filled the room and left little space for us to move. It didn’t help that there were so many of us.
#2 Lieutenant paramedic Anthony Dattilo was working on his meatloaf when his cell phone rang. It was Taisha Robinson, a lieutenant at Station 58 in Canarsie in Southeast Brooklyn. She told him that they had an MOS who needed help.
#3 I was dispatched to help a member of service at Station 40, which is a twenty-minute drive from Bay Parkway and Eighty-Sixth Street. I figured I’d make it in ten minutes. I recognized the buildings, and it turned out that it was Joe, a recently retired lieutenant EMT who’d spent fourteen years at Station 38, next door to Kings County Hospital.
#4 Joe was a great lieutenant, and I enjoyed working under him. He allowed me to do my job, and if I screwed up, he didn’t yell or embarrass me in front of people. He quietly talked to me afterward and helped me learn.

Sujets

• Médecine
• Médecine d'urgence
• Medical
• Emergency Medicine

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 24 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822547926
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Anthony Almojera's Riding the Lightning
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

When I entered the dining room that morning, Joe was leaning against a leg of the table. The table was the color of maple syrup, and it filled the room and left little space for us to move. It didn’t help that there were so many of us.

#2

Lieutenant paramedic Anthony Dattilo was working on his meatloaf when his cell phone rang. It was Taisha Robinson, a lieutenant at Station 58 in Canarsie in Southeast Brooklyn. She told him that they had an MOS who needed help.

#3

I was dispatched to help a member of service at Station 40, which is a twenty-minute drive from Bay Parkway and Eighty-Sixth Street. I figured I’d make it in ten minutes. I recognized the buildings, and it turned out that it was Joe, a recently retired lieutenant EMT who’d spent fourteen years at Station 38, next door to Kings County Hospital.

#4

Joe was a great lieutenant, and I enjoyed working under him. He allowed me to do my job, and if I screwed up, he didn’t yell or embarrass me in front of people. He quietly talked to me afterward and helped me learn.

#5

I was a Dinosaur when it came to the FDNY. I was in the service for nearly twenty years, and I was forty-four years old. I had been in the business for nearly twenty years, and I was a dinosaur. The younger medics at my station lived outside the five boroughs.

#6

I was still in high school, and I didn’t have the ability to escape the Almojera chaos. I went from being a top student to skipping class and spending my days hanging out with a friend. I began seeing women from an escort service.

#7

I moved to Montana in 2000, and in 2001, I joined EMS. I was fascinated by the sacrifices that members of the emergency services made on 9/11.

#8

When dealing with a patient who has had a heart attack, you always have to be on your toes. You need to be scared, because it keeps you alert. When you don’t know the patient, there is some distance between you and the situation.

#9

I was assigned to help transport Joe to the hospital, but when I tried to put him into the ambulance, the stretcher tipped and I fell to the ground. I had to stand next to Joe while he was being treated, two hardened paramedics, one sick and one injured.

#10

I was assigned to FDNY EMS Station 13 on 136th Street and Lenox Avenue. It was part of the old Harlem Hospital building. Harlem in the early 2000s was on the cusp of becoming wealthier and whiter.

#11

I learned how to be respectful and relaxed around people whose culture I didn’t share. I didn’t have much to offer Greg in the way of wisdom, but I did introduce him to one thing: the Carnegie Deli.

#12

I learned a lot from my fellow EMTs in Harlem. They were good teachers, and they knew how to work the system. They’d swap shifts with other EMTs so that everyone ended up with a convenient schedule.

#13

When delivering a baby, you must make sure the umbilical cord isn’t wrapped