Pulse

<p><em>We're the ones who walk into your house into your emergency into your life that will never be the same. </em></p><p><br></p><p><em>When we walk out we're never quite the same either.</em></p><p> </p><p>In this debut collection of essays Pace tells of his years as a career paramedic-wandering through the highs and the lows the saves and the losses the patients he remembers and the ones he tries to forget. </p><p><br></p><p>In 1997 Pace began his career as an EMT because he wanted to do something exciting. He wanted to help people too. And he thought those two things-excitement and helping people-would exist hand in hand. With a little sprinkle of glory thrown in for good measure. </p><p><br></p><p>Twenty-three years and thousands of calls later-as an EMT then paramedic working in a helicopter and on the ground-he still hasn't stumbled onto any glory and he's tired of the excitement. But some nights even now he finds scraps of humanity-beautiful pieces in the broken-up mosaic of the world. </p>