Wild Rescues

Kevin Grange is a firefighter paramedic in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He is the award-winning author of Lights and Sirens: The Education of a Paramedic and Beneath Blossom Rain:Discovering Bhutan on the Toughest Trek in the World. He has written for Journal of Emergency Medical Services, National Parks, Backpacker, Utne Reader, Yoga Journal, and the Orange County Register. He has worked as a park ranger and paramedic at Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Teton National Parks.

Author’s Note

Prologue: Return of Spontaneous Circulation

Part I: Yellowstone

1: The Definition of Insanity

2: Land of Large Carnivores

3: The World’s First National Park

4: Onboarding

5: A Call in the Wild

6: Alone on the Ambulance

7: Concessionaire Craziness

8: Bucket List

9: Job Security

10: Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health

11: Be on the Lookout

12: Sink or Swim

Part II: Yosemite

13: The Other “Y” Park

14: Lug Nut Rule

15: Thinking Outside the Box

16: Scope of Practice

17: Frequent Flyers

18: Meditation at Gunpoint

19: Somebody’s Worst Day

20: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up

21: Swiss Cheese and Silver Linings

Part III: Grand Teton

22: The Wildland-Urban Interface

23: Good Medicine in Bad Places

24: Gone Too Soon

25: My Darkest Hour

26: Something for the Pain

27: The Call of the Summer

Epilogue: Wildfire