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Mike Cyra

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Author Mike Cyra spent twenty-years working in Emergency Medical Services and Surgery as an Emergency Medical Technician, a Chief Medical Officer on a ship sailing Alaska’s violent Bering Sea, a Surgical Technologist and an Instructor of Maritime Emergency Medicine and Basic Life Support.

Mike Cyra’s debut eBook-Emergency Laughter: It Wasn't Funny When It Happened, But It Is Now, is a collection of hilarious real-life medical stories.

Mike’s comedic storytelling style of writing lets you experience what it’s like to drive an emergency vehicle through traffic, the wrong way to deliver a baby, How to fake unconsciousness, how not to chop all your fingers off and what to do when you find yourself alone in a morgue refrigerator.
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Altitude Means Time & Time Means Life

A student skydiver asked his Jumpmaster, "If my main parachute doesn't open, how long do I have to open my reserve parachute?"

The Jumpmaster smiled, "The rest of your life."
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Published on January 27, 2013 11:05 Tags: emergency-laughter, fear, life, nonfiction, planes, skydiving, students
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“It's better to die laughing than to live each moment in fear.”
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