Benjamin Gilmour

Paramedico is a description of the ambulance services in various countries, and Gilmour's experiences as a paramedic within these systems. This reads like a series of yarns told down at the local pub which is not a bad thing, but does lack some depth in places. Gilmour's experiences in Pakistan, for example are discussed for 77 out of 281 pages, whereas Thailand as the Boxing Day Tsumani struck gets just 6.5 pages - and only covers the Tsunami hitting land and Gilmour struggling to reach a hospital, nothing is said of the response or the aftermath which I found disappointing.

There are some very interesting and eye opening details throughout, and across some very diverse locations - from Mexico and Pakistan, Thailand, Iceland and Macedonia to South Africa and Venice among a few more. Paramedico was recommended to me as I really liked Emergency Sex, unfortunately this didn't quite live up to my expectations.… (més)