Fragments from Iraq: Diary of a Navy Trauma Surgeon

by Stockinger, Zsolt T.

• ISBN13: 9780786469512
• ISBN10: 078646951X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: MCFARLAND & COMPANY

Summary

From February 2005 to March 2006, Navy trauma surgeon Zsolt T. Stockinger served on a forward operating base in Iraq's Sunni Triangle, where he treated more than a thousand casualties and performed hundreds of surgeries. Throughout his deployment, he penned his more introspective thoughts and frustrations about his experiences in a journal that he occasionally sent to his wife as a way to stay connected. Stockinger's diary offers an unique account of daily military life in Iraq from a surgeon's perspective, from the intense action of rocket attacks and emergency procedures to the creative and often lighthearted ways soldiers fill tedious stretches of down time. Illustrated with more than 50 photographs, this work provides a realistic portrait of life on base and a powerful perspective on the human carnage of war.

Author Biography

Zsolt T. Stockinger, M.D., is a Navy trauma surgeon, now deployed as chief of trauma at the NATO Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He has been deployed several times to Iraq and Afghanistan and was awarded the Bronze Star with the Marine Corps in Anbar Province, Iraq, for his service during the time of this book's writing.

Table of Contents

Prologue	p. 1
Glossary	p. 3
First Tour of Duty
February 2005: welcome to TQ!	p. 5
March 2005: We Lose Our First Patient	p. 23
April 2005: "There's a grenade in his pocket…"	p. 43
May 2005: Outside the Wire	p. 63
June 2005: They Came by Pick-up, Humvee and Bradley Tank	p. 80
July 2005: "The guy is full of holes…"	p. 97
August 2005: The Probing Finger of Death	p. 113
Second Tour of Duty
September 2005: Breaking In the New Team	p. 131
October 2005: A Helluva Save	p. 148
November 2005: Sniper in the 'Hood	p. 172
December 2005: The "Sundays with Psych" Show	p. 185
January 2006: The "Overflow" from Ramadi	p. 200
February 2006: A "No Shit" Head Injury	p. 222
March 2006: The Turnover	p. 238
Epilogue	p. 245
Index	p. 247
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