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Lesson 1 (from Foreward - Chapter 1)
Objective
The objective of this lesson is to discuss the ambulance service Paulsen joined, and what is communicated about futility. Paulsen worked in construction and had some downtime, so he volunteered for a local ambulance service.
Lesson
Class Discussion: What types of calls did volunteers for the ambulance service see? How far was the ambulance service from hospitals or even life-flight helicopters? At the most, how many people would go out on a call? How often would Paulsen go on a call alone? How many heart attack victims did Paulsen see in his first year? How many were dead before he even arrived? Why could he not get there in time to save some heart-attack victims? If they did arrive in time, why was saving them usually futile? What incident did Paulsen remember that took place on a ranch 60 miles northeast of Colorado Springs? Why was Paulsen...
Aligned to the following Common Core Standards:
- ELA-Writing W.9-10.3(e), 9-10.7, 11-12.3(e), 11-12.7
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