From the exhilaration of saving a life to the guilt of losing another, experience the emotional impact of managing real life emergencies from the paramedic who experienced it.

‘Hands of an Angel, Mind of a Demon, Heart of a Saint’ illustrates the struggle one Paramedic dealt with on a daily basis.

As an adolescent, David Stone joined the field of emergency medicine with hopes of saving lives in an adrenaline-packed career. Although those dreams were quickly shattered with the reality first responders face, he maintained a desire to help others and make a difference.

Each story takes the reader through a significant event which shaped the former Paramedic. His accounts provide a stunning look into the reality of paramedicine. The author does not hold back as he shares details from those responses which made the largest impact and ultimately forced him out of the field.

Through the guilt and depression, something much greater was found. Something which changed his life forever.

Take a journey through the highs and lows of a ten-year Paramedic as he details the calls which had the greatest influence in his life.