Just A Few Bumps

Just a Few Bumps #1

by Emily L. Nash

Learning the ropes in one of the busiest ambulance services in the world this is the tales and revelations of an office girl transitioning into a London Paramedic. Tackling the job with skills picked up along the way and enough Redbull to sink a battleship. The stories are real. The patients are real, and the emotions are real. Things I would tell my former student-self: You are going to laugh. You are going to cry. You are going to be scared. You are going to want to quit. You will have PTSD. You are going to see death. But hold on, you got this. It's just a few bumps.

Genres: Nonfiction, Medical, Memoir

160 pages, Paperback

Published July 7, 2020

About the author

Hello, my name is Emily.

Just a little about myself, well to start I am a huge fan of fiction books. I love to read and escape the world after a days work. I work as a paramedic in London. I love my job. I started writing short stories as a young child and after a particularly hard day at work I decided to write my experiences as a student paramedic down on paper. That's how Just A Few Bumps was created. I found writing such a relief that I continued writing stories and wrote my first fantasy fiction novel The Book Of Death. The story of Molly Black a paramedic in London who falls into a new world filled with magic and mythical creatures. I told you I like to escape from reality!

Reviews

[Karen Andrew]

This book tells of Emily's @emilynashbooks journey through her training to become a Paramedic working in London. It is filled with amazing encounters of just some of the jobs she has been called to. There are happy ones, sad ones and ones that make you mad due to people's lack of common sense.
Emily let's us in on how the role affects her mental health and at the end of the day she is a human being seeing some pretty horrific incidents.
"The world could be a kinder place, but this is the world we live in. So embrace it, thrive in it and most of all enjoy the ride. Just dont forget to hold on through the bumps." - Emily Nash
Thank you @emilynashbooks for sending me this book. I am truly honoured to have read this.

[Roz]

Oh so true

I understand all too well what Emily has gone through, as a staff nurse of 40 years i ended up retiring as I was burnt out. One of my sons worked his way up to ambulance technician and had to cope daily with time wasters, abuse but also managed to save people's lives. His final straw was being hit with an oxygen cylinder while he was trying to resuscitate a woman abused by her husband by banging her head on the pavement and the abuser swung with the cylinder.

[Abbi]

Wow I couldn’t put this book down. It’s honest, funny, heartbreaking and real. It highlights relevant issues like misuse of services and the impact this job has on Emily’s mental health. I found it insightful and would definitely recommend it to everyone!

What I liked:
* Honest
* Heartbreaking
* Real

[Lottie Hughes]

Brilliant book. Showed a lot of insight in to life as a paramedic and student paramedic. Will look out for more books by Emily in the future!

[Gill]

Fast and well-written, would definitely recommend except....

This book took me through the training and real-life qualified status of a paramedic in London. It was an education and made me appreciate ambulance staff even more than I did already.
So why not five stars? I can't believe that this book has been seen by a proof-reader. I'm prepared to accept a few mistakes but there were so many that at one point it almost put me off reading it. Which would be a shame because the pace and intensity, plus the honesty of this book is excellent.
Publisher - PLEASE sort this out! It is appalling!
Otherwise, great read.

[E.J. Jackson]

Total Respect

Gripping, funny, terrifying ... I read this book in one sitting, because I could not put it down. Like most people (well, hopefully) I have never been in the back of an ambulance , and touch wood I hope I never am. but Emily's story has left me with even more respect than I had before. I couldn't imagine how the pandemic must be impacting people like Emily and her colleagues, but now I have done idea. Thank you Emily, and your fellow paramedics. I hope you are all given the support you need, when you need it. Total Respect to you. X

[mrs h peters]

I can relate to the experiences described at end of book, as I was personally involved in a resus in middle of night after someone tried to harm himself and wondered was I doing it correctly until paramedics came after 20 minutes the great relief that the professionals were taking over. I too had counselling and was very much affected by experience. I still relive it 25 years later. I lived this book brilliant, going to start on second one, I lived in east London Essex so can relate to the area. I really enjoyed this book well done Emily and hope you have great new year.

[Kade Gulluscio]

I read this series backwards, but that's okay, haha.
Just a few bumps is book one in Emily Nash's journey / experience with becoming / being a paramedic.
Emily is extremely witty, and writes with a fantastic sense of humor and compassion.
I think it's great that she's realistic about her experiences.. letting us know just how these moments have effected her mentally / emotionally and physically. A lot of people don't seem to understand the amount of stress the medical field is constantly under!

This book was great. If she ever releases other books, I'd love to read them.

[Michael Dobbs]

Amazing Book

Such a good read. Was addicted, as someone entering the ambulance service it's great to see someone writing about the true cases that the teams deal with and the mental health issues that can affect the teams.

Wish more people would read these and know what they go through.

Highly recommended!

[Jasmine Annalise]

I wanted to love this book as it was recommended to me because I loved the book “This is going to hurt but Adam Kay” however I feel like this book skimmed over everything and the writing style was quite basic.

Overall it’s gives a brief look into the life of a paramedic in LAS and I’ll probably still read the second one to give the author another shot.

[Adam Lyons]

Good accurate account of working on an ambulance

As a fellow Paramedic I quite enjoyed and related to this well written book of the highs and lows and some comical moments of working on an ambulance

[Shannon]

an interesting read

A well written and interesting read. Reading the stories were incredibly moving, heart breaking and happy all at the same time. Really does show insight into Ambulance crews and the work that they go through.

[Rebecca Gordon]

Interesting Insight

Really interesting to get an insight into the life of a student paramedic and what amazing work you have they do

[julie holmes]

Great read

Very good and down to earth reading it shows just how a job someone loves csn greatly effect there life well done and thank you

[Tom Boyd-Smith]

Superb

Great story, you do wonderful work. We owe you so much. (I have used the service, but once in 70 years.)

[Debbie Spratling]

Good book

I enjoyed the book as gave snippets of life as a paramedic, the stories in the book was interesting, would love to see a book of it during coronavirus