Description For more than thirty years, Marjorie Leigh Bomben has been a member of the Chicago Fire Department, starting her career as a candidate Paramedic working on an ambulance in some of the city\'s toughest neighborhoods.
She worked on CFD ambulances for twenty-five years..
About the Author Marjorie Leigh Bomben has been a Paramedic with the Chicago Fire Department since 1983, rising through the ranks to become Paramedic field chief.
Through it all, It\'s Not the Trauma, It\'s the Drama offers a glimpse of the strain and risk experienced by Chicago Fire Department paramedics every day.
From Bomben\'s first Trauma call-the result of a drag race along city streets gone horribly wrong-to her eventual rise through the ranks, her tales shift seamlessly from humorous encounters to descriptions of injuries human beings shouldn\'t be able to endure.
Others are about simply staying alive.
Some, of course, are about saving lives.
Bomben\'s tales range from funny to gory, from the dangers paramedics face to the history of a venerable old firehouse.
The twenty true Stories Bomben relates are unique-all told from the point of view of a woman rising through traditionally male ranks.
Now a Paramedic field chief, Bomben looks back on thirty years of service in It\'s Not the Trauma, It\'s the Drama .
Description For more than thirty years, Marjorie Leigh Bomben has been a member of the Chicago Fire Department, starting her career as a candidate Paramedic working on an ambulance in some of the city\'s toughest neighborhoods
