Ride in the back of the ambulance with Sherry Lynn Jones
Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they
encounter trauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor. Sherry
Lynn Jones has been an Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Room
Nurse, prison healthcare practitioner, and an on-scene critical incident
debriefer. Most people who have observed or experienced physical, mental
or emotional crisis have single perspectives. This book allows readers
to stand on both sides of the gurney; it details a progression from
innocence to enlightened caregiver to burnout, glimpsing into each stage
personally and professionally.
"Corrections" the third realm of emergency care behind layers of
concrete and barbed wire. Join in the dangers, challenges, and
truth-is-stranger-than-fiction humor of this updated and revised second
edition of Confessions of a Trauma Junkie. In addition to stories from
the streets and ERs, medics, nurses, and corrections officers share
perceptions and coping skills from the other side of prisons' cuffs and
clanging metal doors.
Emergency Service Professionals Praise Confessions of a Trauma
Junkie
"A must read for those who choose to subject themselves to life at its
best and at its worst. Sherry offers insight in the Emergency Response
business that most people cannot imagine."
--Maj Gen Richard L. Bowling, former Commanding General, USAF Auxiliary
(CAP)
"Sherry Lynn Jones shares experiences and unique personal insights of
first responders. Told with poetry, sensitivity and a touch of humor at
times, all are real, providing views into realities EMTs, Nurses, and
other first responders encounter. Recommended reading for anyone working
with trauma, crises, critical incidents in any profession."
-- George W. Doherty, MS, LPC, President Rocky Mountain Region Disaster
Mental Health Institute
"Sherry has captured the essence of working with people who have
witnessed trauma. It made me cry, it made me laugh, it helped me to
understand differently the work of our Emergency Services Personnel. I
consider this a 'must read' for all of us who wish to be helpful to
those who work in these professions."
--Dennis Potter, LMSW, CAADC**,** CCS**,** FAAETS, ICISF Faculty
"Confessions of a Trauma Junkie is an honest, powerful, and moving
account of the emotional realities of helping others! Sherry Lynn Jones
gives us a privileged look into the healing professions she knows
firsthand. The importance of peer support is beautifully illustrated.
This book will deepen the readers respect for those who serve."
--Victor Welzant, PsyD, Director of Education and Training, The
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc (ICISF)
Learn more at www.SherryLynnJones.com
Biography & Autobiography: Medical - General
