Shock Trauma: Each time rescue helicopter LIFESTAR-1 lifts off on a flight...someone, somewhere is having the very worst day of their life!

SHOCK TRAUMA is the first novel ever to focus on the helicopter
air ambulance medical profession. It doesn't get more real than this. Written by veteran helicopter flight nurse Pat Jensen, SHOCK TRAUMA is the first novel ever to focus on the life and death world of air ambulance transports. Semi-autobiographical, Pat draws on her own personal experiences to craft this incredible story.
Set against the spectacular twin backdrops of Canada’s Rocky Mountains and Calgary’s Olympic Winter Games, SHOCK TRAUMA revolves around Angie Jackson, a burnt-out Intensive Care nurse who risks her ground-bound existence for a chance to fly the skies with LIFESTAR, a fledgling air rescue program.


A crisp, autumn afternoon. A speeding sports car. A teenaged driver. A moment of distraction. Seconds later, the car is upside down in the ditch. One boy lies dead at the scene. Another, still trapped in the wreckage, is critically injured.
Speed kills!
In the traumatic world of emergency medicine, however, speed can sometimes save a life. Written by veteran helicopter flight nurse Pat Jensen, SHOCK TRAUMA is the first novel ever to focus on the life and death world of air ambulance transports. Semi-autobiographical, Pat draws on her own personal experiences to craft this incredible story.
Set against the spectacular twin backdrops of Canada’s Rocky Mountains and Calgary’s Olympic Winter Games, SHOCK TRAUMA revolves around Angie Jackson, a burnt-out Intensive Care nurse who risks her ground-bound existence for a chance to fly the skies with LIFESTAR, a fledgling air rescue program.
Teamed with dashing paramedic Russ Andrews and macho Aussie chopper pilot Dale Morgan, Angie soon finds herself caught up in a series of sometimes hilarious/sometimes tragic misadventures that will keep you turning pages to the very end.
SHOCK TRAUMA allows the reader to explore a world few “outsiders” ever see. A world where a good day is when your patient doesn’t die on you and where a bad day can haunt you for the rest of your life.
The Cellular phone is ringing. Quick, grab your helmet, pull on a flight suit and buckle yourself in. The medical crew aboard rescue helicopter LIFESTAR-1 are waiting to take you on the ADVENTURE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE!