American Sirens
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- Publisher Hachette Books
- Year published 2022
- ISBN: ISBN 978-0306926075
- Number of pages 316 pages
- WorldCat
- Topic(s) History of Medicine
About the Book
Book descriptionA dramatic story of the Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh, a group of Black men who became America's first paramedics and set the gold standard for emergency medicine around the world, only to have their legacy erased--until now. At every turn they battled racism--from the community, the police, and the government. Never-before revealed in full, this is a rich and troubling hidden history of the Black origins of America's paramedics, a special band of dedicated essential workers, who stand ready to serve day and night on the line between life and death for every one of us.
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