Fighting For Your Life

A Teenage Boy Lies On The Pavement, Bleeding From A Stab Wound; A Distraught Mum Watches, In Mute Shock, As Her Daughter Suffers A Terrifying Fatal Asthma Attack; A Young Girl Is Gang-Raped And Her Stricken Boyfriend Takes An Overdose; A Disturbed Young Man Flings Himself In Front Of A Speeding Train At The Stroke Of Midnight On New Years Eve.Few People Can Imagine Living In A World Where Such Situations Are Part Of Everyday Life. Yet For Veteran Paramedic Lysa Walder, These And Thousands Of Other Emergency Call Outs Are Part Of A Days Work: Scenes Of Tragedy, Heroism Loss And Horror - But Also Stories Of Triumph And Humour.Lysa Has Been A Paramedic For Over Twenty Years, Working For The London Ambulance Service - The Worlds Biggest And Busiest Free Service - For Much Of That Time. Here, She Reveals What Its Really Like To Work In A Job That Brings Paramedic Teams Face-To-Face With Death - And Destiny - Every Day.