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EPISODE · Jun 23, 2025 · 19 MIN

An EMT's Memoir 'A Real Emergency'

from All Of It with Alison Stewart · host WNYC

Joanna Sokol spent years as an EMT, including working as a wilderness EMT and a ski patroller. She also has worked in the desert in Reno and in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. Now she chronicles 15 years of her experience as a paramedic in her new memoir, A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulance. Sokol discusses, and listeners call in to speak about their time working as an EMT. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In her new memoir, 'A Real Emergency: Stories from the Ambulancem,' Joanna Sokol discusses her time working as an EMT.

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