Fighting For Your Life by Lysa Walder

Fighting For Your Life is written by Lysa Walder. It is a non-fiction account centred on her work as a veteran paramedic.

Key details

• Author: Lysa Walder
• Based on over twenty years’ experience as a paramedic
• Draws on emergency call-outs as part of a day’s work
• Includes experiences from the London Ambulance Service

Synopsis

The book describes a working life shaped by urgent call-outs and extreme situations, including serious injury, medical emergencies and deaths. It presents the reality of attending incidents that leave families and bystanders in shock, and the pressures faced by paramedic teams in the moment.

Walder writes from more than two decades in the role, much of it with the London Ambulance Service, described here as the world’s biggest and busiest free service. Alongside tragedy and loss, the account also includes moments of heroism, triumph and humour, offering an inside view of what the job is really like day to day.