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"A series of connected personal stories drawn from the author's life and work as an ER doctor that explores how we are all broken--physically, emotionally, and psychically--and what we can do to heal ourselves as we try to heal others"--
Michele Harper is a female, African American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in an abusive family, she went to Harvard, where she met...
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Simon & Schuster
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2023.
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A medical memoir focusing on one emergency room doctor's shift in an urban ER follows the experiences of real patients and focuses on the story of a forty-three-year-old woman who arrives in sudden cardiac arrest and the challenges it presents for physicians.
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How do the emergency services in different countries of the world rescue people? How do they travel and what equipment do they use? This book looks at the work of ambulance services around the world, including how they take sick and injured people to hospitals and how they care for patients during transport.
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Emergency medical technicians are heroes on the move. As first responders, they have to stay calm and act quickly. They also need to operate complex equipment and do everything they can to save lives, all while under extreme pressure. Readers will get a glimpse at the exhilarating life of this heroic career, learning what it takes to be an EMT and what a typical day is like. This information-rich text covers training, specializations, certifications,...
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Childhood traumas. Whether they occur by design or accident, affect a sizeable number of people, and restrict our ability to lead healthy and fulfilling lives. In this accessible and expertly written handbook, Ursula Markham takes an in-depth look at the nature of childhood trauma, showing how it can be recognized and eventually overcome.
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"The Most Unforgettable ER Night Shift Ever" follows DR. Adams on an epic 12-hour night shift in the Emergency Department. He reveals personal cases that he accumulated over a 25-year career. These unforgettable cases include his most titillating encounters. Patients arrive in the book sometimes in a coordinated manner but more often chaotically. That presentation is similar to how they occur on any ER shift around the USA. The various ER staff members...
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Los GuíaBurros son manuales básicos para aprender a utilizar una herramienta, realizar una actividad o adquirir un conocimiento determinado de manera sencilla y fácil.
GuíaBurros Primeros Auxilios, tú puedes salvar vidas, desde qué debe y qué no debe tener un botiquín en casa, pasando por las nociones básicas de primeros auxilios, de los productos y de los pedidos, hasta los principales accidentes que se producen en el hogar. Toda la información...
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What mindset prevents early career burn-out? What tools elevate the provider to excellence in patient care? What inspires innovation and passion for teaching? What separates the good physician… from the great physician? "An Emergency Medicine Mindset" is a collection of practice pearls revealed by contemporary physicians, walking in the footsteps of giants. From national legends Rob Orman, Salim Rezaie, Tim Horeczko, Anand Swaminathan, and many...
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Against the background of broad brush strokes of Nepal's history and geography, David Hawker tells a dramatic story. After 20 years working in Nepal, Nurse Ellen Findlay saw an opportunity to go and attempt to meet the desperate needs of people living in the remote and inaccessible mountains of Nepal. With vision, determination and bravery, she and surgeon Mike Smith pioneered outreach into some of Nepal's most isolated and poverty-stricken communities....
12) EMT
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An overview of the work and training of Emergency Medical Technicians, or EMTs, including a history of emergency medicine and an interview with an EMT.
13) Lifelines
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July 1st, the most dangerous day of the year...
A gripping behind-the-scenes drama of four women who face life and death every day...
New ER doctor Lydia Fiore finds herself losing the wrong patient-the Chief of Surgery's son. To save her career, Lydia must discover the truth behind her patient's death, even if it leads her into unfamiliar-and risky-territory, finding new friends, new love, and new enemies who will stop at nothing to silence her....
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Die Gesundheits- und Krankheitslehre lernen und verstehen!
Kompakt und übersichtlich: Das Lehrbuch, aktualisiert in 3. Auflage für die Gesundheits-, Kranken- und Altenpflege.
Das Wissen über Krankheiten und deren Zusammenhänge, ist eine der wichtigsten Voraussetzungen für den verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit kranken Menschen und ihren Angehörigen. Hier finden Auszubildende aller Pflege- und Gesundheitsfachberufe die wichtigsten Krankheitsbilder...
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Military surgeons must assume a leadership role in combat casualty care in circumstances that are far less than ideal. This handbook provides much of the information needed to tackle these issues and features state-of-the-art principles and practices of forward trauma surgery as used by military physicians in far flung locations around the globe. Featuring nearly 200 illustrations demonstrating proper techniques, Emergency War Surgery is the most...
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Après avoir écrit sur le système de santé, la mort et sur la médecine elle-même, le docteur Alain Vadeboncoeur a eu envie de relaxer un peu et de partager les moments étranges et cocasses qui ponctuent sa vie à l'urgence.
Avec la sensibilité qu'on lui connaît, il raconte les petits travers des gens du métier (et les siens !), les rencontres loufoques, les contrastes étonnants entre certains drames et leurs répercussions insolites......
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"When you see flashing lights and hear a siren, better move out of the way! An ambulance is on its way to an emergency situation. Ambulances are emergency vehicles many children are familiar with. But who operates them and where exactly are they going so quickly? This book introduces one of the most recognizable emergency vehicles to young readers in an engaging and age-appropriate way. Full-color photographs satisfy all vehicles enthusiasts while...
18) EMTs help us
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"Introduces pre-readers to simple concepts about EMTs using short sentences and repetition of words"--
19) The Donor
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Dr. Colin Farnsworth, a famous heart surgeon, decides, since his daughter needs a heart transplant, to donate his own heart and designates his daughter is to receive it, bypassing the transplant list. This is a compelling and thrilling read from start to finish encompassing all the events that take place, the people's lives affected and the laws that govern heart transplants.
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Las anomalías congénitas y adquiridas del macizo craneofacial abarcan un am-plio y complejo espectro de patologías con efectos devastadores para la vida de los pacientes. Desde el punto de vista del cirujano plástico, su enfoque y manejo integral demandan de la entera comprensión de los mecanismos fisio-patológicos subyacentes, la obligatoriedad de un manejo interdisciplinario y, desde la perspectiva quirúrgica, un profundo conocimiento de...
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