Peter Canning
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Peter Canning

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Peter Canning has been a full-time paramedic in the Greater Hartford area since January of 1995. His first book Paramedic: On the Front Lines of Medicine details his journey from speechwriter for the Governor of Connecticut to caregiver on the city streets. Rescue 471: A Paramedic's Stories is the sequel. His latest book: Killing Season: A Paramedic's Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic was selected by Amazon as one of the best nonfiction books of April 2021. He is also the author of the EMS novels, Mortal Men and Diamond in the Rough, and the short story collection, Promised Land: Ten Stories. A graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Canning attended the Phillips Exeter Academy and the University of Virginia. He has worked many jobs in his life: tennis instructor, aide to United States Senator, taxi driver, meatpacker, line cook, telephone solicitor, book and movie reviewer, factory worker, health department administrator, speechwriter and political campaign director before finding his place in life as a paramedic. He currently also works as the EMS Coordinator at UConn John Dempsey Hospital. A lifelong fan of the Boston Red Sox, he and his family live in West Hartford, Connecticut. His blog: Street Watch: Notes of a Paramedic can be found at www.medicscribe.com.
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    • Killing Season

    • A Paramedic's Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic
    • By: Peter Canning
    • Narrated by: Tom Parks
    • Length: 10 hrs
    • Release date: 04-27-21
    • Language: English
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