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A true account of going through UCLA�s famed Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program�and practicing emergency medicine on the streets of Los Angeles. Nine months of tying tourniquets and pushing new medications, of IVs, chest compressions, and defibrillator shocks�that was Kevin Grange�s initiation into emergency medicine when, at age thirty-six, he enrolled in the �Harvard of paramedic schools�: UCLA�s Daniel Freeman Paramedic Program, long considered one of the best and most intense paramedic training programs in the world. Few jobs can match the stress, trauma, and drama that a paramedic calls a typical day at the office, and few educational settings can match the pressure and competitiveness of paramedic school. Blending months of classroom instruction with ER rotations and a grueling field internship with the Los Angeles Fire Department, UCLA�s paramedic program is like a mix of boot camp and med school. It would turn out to be the hardest thing Grange had ever done�but also the most transformational and inspiring. An in-depth look at the trials and tragedies that paramedic students experience daily, Lights and Sirens is ultimately about the best part of humanity�people working together to help save a human life.