It's an interesting wondow into the job someone else does. Assuming you really have been a paramedic for 20+ years then you know what happens. I, and most of the other readers don't and it's facinating. We see the big green van with blue lights but don't really know what it's doing each time. Other than Tom's book, any information we have is going to come from TV dramas which aren't trying to be accurate. And why shouldn't paramedics feel important ? So called "celebrities" do and they contribute nothing to society. Or are you going to argue that helping make people better is a waste of time ?