Paramedics On and Off the Streets: Emergency Medical Services in the Age of Technological Governance

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Michael K. Corman

Paramedics On and Off the Streets

Emergency Medical Services in the Age of Technological Governance

Michael K. Corman

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English

University of Toronto Press
25 August 2017

Sociology; Ambulance & rescue services; Medical administration & management; Accident & emergency medicine

In Paramedics On and Off the Streets, Michael K. Corman embarks on an institutional ethnography of the complex, mundane, intricate, and exhilarating work of paramedics in Calgary, Alberta.

Corman's comprehensive research includes more than 200 hours of participant observation ride-alongs with paramedics over a period of eleven months, more than one hundred first hand interviews with paramedics, and thirty-six interviews with other emergency medical personnel including administrators, call-takers and dispatchers, nurses, and doctors. At the heart of this ethnography are questions about the role of paramedics in urban environments, the role of information and communication technologies in contemporary health care governance, and the organization and accountability of pre-hospital medical services. Paramedics On and Off the Streets is the first institutional ethnography to explore the role and increasing importance of paramedics in our healthcare system. It takes readers on a journey into the everyday lives of EMS personnel and provides an in-depth sociological analysis of the work of pre-hospital health care professionals in the twenty-first century.

By: Michael K. Corman
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 490g
ISBN: 9781442629868
ISBN 10: 144262986X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 25 August 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael K.Corman is a principal advisor in the Department of Health and Wellness for the Government of Prince Edward Island and an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology and Faculty of Nursing at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Reviews for Paramedics On and Off the Streets: Emergency Medical Services in the Age of Technological Governance

This is an important book that thoroughly updates and expands the limited sociological literature on emergency ambulance work. -- Leo McCann, University of York * Work, Employment, and Society, vol 33: 1 *