The Paramedic at Work: A Sociology of a New Profession 1st edition

The Paramedic at Work: A Sociology of a New Profession 1st edition- Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198816362,0198816367,9780192548245, 0192548247

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 00192548247
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780192548245
• Author: Leo McCann

Ambulance services and paramedics perform critical roles in contemporary healthcare economies. Trained to work in the field and respond rapidly to emergencies, societies have come to increasingly rely on ambulance services to deliver urgent care. Never has this need been more acute than in recent years given intense social inequality, overstretched and underfunded health systems, and deadly pandemics.

Leo McCann offers the first book-length study of the paramedic profession in England. Based on in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation, The Paramedic at Work provides a detailed account of the complex realities of work in this fascinating occupation. Chapters explore the nature of work ‘out on the road’, the peculiarities of ambulance organizational culture, the intensity of workplace stress and burnout, and the current and future trajectory of paramedic professionalism. The book documents the unique paradoxes experienced by those employed in this line of work. Ambulance staff are trained to handle life-threatening trauma and disease, but most callouts consist of unplanned primary care. Paramedic work features wide autonomy but is also bound into an array of micromanaging performance indicators. Paramedics are trusted and respected in society but the profession is poorly understood and employers can be unsupportive.

Table contents:

1. 1. A New Profession
2. 2. Conceptualizing Emergency Professions
3. 3. Out on the Road: The Organization of Emergency Ambulance Work
4. 4. The Operator Culture
5. 5. Coping with Unbearable Strain
6. 6. Street-Level Professionals
7. 7. Professionalism as a Quest for Dignity

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