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The Gap: A paramedic's summer on the edge Paperback – 6 August 2019

by Benjamin Gilmour (Author)

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Benjamin Gilmour has been a paramedic for the past twenty years. He has seen his fair share of drama. But the summer of 2008 remains etched in his memory for the very worst reasons.

In this riveting memoir, Gilmour recounts the call-outs that summer- some dangerous, some gruesome, some downright ridiculous. And we meet fellow paramedic John who, they say, can get a laugh out of everyone except the dead. As the city heats up that summer, however, even John begins to lose his sense of humour. People are unravelling - and Benjamin and John are no exception.

The Gap is a vivid portrait of the lead-up to Christmas; an unflinching, no-holds-barred look at what happens after the triple-zero call is made - the drugs, nightclubs, brothels, drunk rich kids, billionaires, domestic disputes, the elderly, emergency births, even a kidnapping. Patients share their innermost feelings, and we witness their loneliness, their despair and their hopes.

Beautifully written and sharply observed, The Gap exposes the fragility of our lives and the lengths the paramedics will go to to try to save us.

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Publisher : Viking (6 August 2019)
Language : English
Paperback : 304 pages
ISBN-10 : 1760890200
ISBN-13 : 978-1760890209
Dimensions : 15.3 x 2.2 x 23.3 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 8,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Benjamin Gilmour has been a paramedic for the past twenty years. He has seen his fair share of drama. But the summer of 2008 remains etched in his memory for the very worst reasons.

About the Author

Benjamin Gilmour has been a paramedic for 20 years. He is also an author and film director. His last film, Jirga, was Australia's submission for Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, 2019, and won the Best Independent Film at the AACTA Awards. His other films include Paramedico (2012) and Son of a Lion (2008), which was selected for the Berlinale. He is the author of the best-selling book Paramedico - Around the World by Ambulance, a tie-in with his film of the same name, and Warrior Poets about the making of his first feature film in Pakistan. His children's book, The Travel Bug, with illustrator James Gulliver Hancock is published by Penguin Random House. He is based in northern New South Wales, Australia, where he lives with his wife Kaspia and three children.

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Alan M

Nice read

Reviewed in Australia on 16 March 2020

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Great book of mini stories to keep you interested. These guys that take on the job as paramedics are heros in every sense of the word.

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Gina Farraway

A very well written insight to what these amazing people do everyday

Reviewed in Australia on 3 September 2020

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Ambulance ... means help is here, you are safe, relax - this is the other side, I love it

Reviewed in Australia on 6 October 2019

I am an Australian critical care level paramedic with 20 years on the job. While reading this book I laughed, I rejoiced, I cried ... sobbed at the end. It validated so many thoughts, feelings, insecurities and musings I’ve had over the years. Read and enjoy this true depiction of paramedic life, and if you’re thinking of becoming a paramedic, do it ...it’s the best job in the world and Ben shows that. Thank you Ben.

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Steve Smith

Confronting

Reviewed in Australia on 8 September 2020

A very well written account of a short period of time in a long-term Aussie paramedic's life. It's a good read on Australian mateship in difficult circumstances. Your admiration for the job these people do will only grow; heroes one and all.

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Maryann

Very moving read

Reviewed in Australia on 27 September 2019

Found this book very interesting,hope it gives non medical people better understanding what people in the medical field go through,will be recommending this book to friends and family

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Lauren Rasmussen

Incredible

Reviewed in Australia on 28 November 2020

Shocking and heart breaking
This gives a whole new respect for the work our paramedics do and the trauma they go through.

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