Into the Breach A Year of Life and Death With Ems

EMTs are the field medics in the war zone known as the inner cities. Called upon to save the chronically diseased and uninsuredthe dying gunshot victims, the crack-house mothers in childbirththey must talk their way through crowds of drugged-up bystanders or past potentially violent mates to shepherd their victims to safety.ana Abrams Karam spent over two years riding with the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) teams of Newark, New Jersey, witnessing up close acts of heroism, struggles against violence and bureaucracy, and the inner battles against frustration and despair that TV shows like ER and Third Watch barely reveal. Bearing witness to it all, Karam tells the inside story of crisis response, giving important insights into the problems that neither social reform nor technology have been able to resolve. Into the Breach will mesmerize readers with its action and human drama and ought to be mandatory reading for every social worker, teacher, and politician involved with urban social reform.Karam, Jana Abrams is the author of 'Into the Breach A Year of Life and Death With Ems', published 2002 under ISBN 9780312306175 and ISBN 0312306172.