Meet Barry Makarewicz and Laura Howat, authors of Triumph, Tragedy, and Tedium: Stories of a Salt Lake City Paramedic/Firefighter, the Sugar House Years. The book chronicles the experiences of Makarewicz, a 20-year veteran of Salt Lake City Fire Department, sixteen of those years as a paramedic.
This is a honest, compassionate and sensitive book with compelling detail whether reporting the Trolley Square Mall massacre, a duckling rescue from a sewer drain or a fire response at the governor’s mansion.
If you want to know what it is like to be a paramedic/ firefighter, or if you want to know what happens when the emergency response system is activated, this book of true stories is a must-read. The book explores a variety of emergency calls from dramatic major medical traumas to the routine minor assistance needed for the frail and infirm.
Barry’s stories are captured in teamwork with his wife/journalist, Laura Howat.
Names of patients, immediate crew members and residential addresses have been changed to protect privacy.
Meet Barry Makarewicz and Laura Howat, authors of Triumph, Tragedy, and Tedium: Stories of a Salt Lake City Paramedic/Firefighter, the Sugar House Years. The book chronicles the experiences of Makarewicz, a 20-year veteran of Salt Lake City Fire Department, sixteen of those years as a paramedic.
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