The Emergency Room Lives Saved and Lost - Doctors Tell Their Stories

by Sachs, Dan

• ISBN13: 9780316765923
• ISBN10: 0316765929
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-10-01
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
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Summary

From high drama to bitter irony, this one-of-a-kind collection gathers thirty-one extraordinary true stories of doctors on the hospital's front lines. Here is the chance to be on the other side of the swinging doors, to go behind the drawn curtains, to experience the chaos of an emergency room, the clamor of voices, the pulse-quickening excitement, and the hair-trigger decisions that can save a life.
Meet the young woman who comes to the E.R. to have her stomach pumped, claiming to have swallowed an entire bottle of Tylenol, only to have her doctor discover that she is bulimic, fresh off a chocolate binge. Share the agony of the doctor desperately trying to revive a man whose heart has stopped but whose hands keep moving. And see what happens to the mechanic who is rushed into the E.R. with a steel rod sticking out of his neck. Full of pain, hope, and profound relief, these unforgettable stories recount the most intimate and terrifying moments of our existence and offer a rare glimpse into the minds and hearts of the healers who dedicate their lives to saving others.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Duty	p. 3
Debriding the Wounds	p. 12
"Are you Satisfied, Thomas Becket?"	p. 22
Brute	p. 42
Death by Chocolate	p. 47
Tough Love	p. 57
Angor Animi	p. 69
South Bronx Pediatrics	p. 74
Teaching Rounds	p. 85
Celebrity Medicine	p. 92
The Hunt	p. 98
Fourteen	p. 105
Mechanism of Injury	p. 110
Discoveries	p. 116
Gambler	p. 124
Stump	p. 131
HMO, DSM, Goodwill Toward Men	p. 137
A Long Weekend	p. 150
Bring the Bottles	p. 160
Blood on the Tracks	p. 164
The Gatekeeper	p. 172
Halloween	p. 179
Student Doctor	p. 184
The Hands	p. 199
The Box	p. 202
Body Packer	p. 212
Meningococcus	p. 218
Day One	p. 220
The Gardener	p. 228
Band Master	p. 235
Snap Judgments	p. 241
Contributors	p. 247
Editor's Note	p. 251
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