he's also a graduate of the writers workshop and attended phillip baker academy and the university of virginia and he's a tennis instructor at taxidriver meatpacker a telephone solicitor a book reviewer before he found his place as a paramedic. in addition to being of paramedic he's a coordinator at dupont health john dempsey hospital and. without further ado i biked to welcome peter canning. hi peter. there you go. >> greetings to everybody and thanks for attending. >> thank you so much for joining us. before we get started with your presentation would you tell us a little bit about "killing season" who may not be familiar? >> "killing season" just came out and it's about my experiences at a paramedic 25 years following the opioid epidemic and during my presentation i will tell you what i started to learn in the course of my work and i wanted to give the oasis of my patients of my patience to read or so they could be changed in a way that i was changed. >> thank you so much. i'm looking forward to seeing your presentation i know the audiences as well. go ahead and do the presentation