Acknowledgments | p. xi |
The Trauma Surgeon: Introduction | p. 1 |
The General Medical Officer: The Early Postgraduate Years | p. 8 |
My First Major Trauma: The Junior Surgical Resident | p. 25 |
Indoctrination, Brainwashing, and Sleep Deprivation: The Training of a Surgeon | p. 37 |
Baptism by Fire: The County Hospital | p. 55 |
The University Experience: The World's Greatest Trauma Surgeon | p. 68 |
A Tragic Ending: Albuquerque | p. 78 |
Pure Hell: Cardiovascular Surgery | p. 87 |
Good Fortune: The Chief Surgical Resident | p. 98 |
The Independent Surgeon: Fort Polk Louisiana | p. 117 |
9/11-The Day That Changed Everything: Transition to Civilian Practice | p. 131 |
Limb Lost, Life Saved: The Mutilated Limb | p. 146 |
Cold-Blooded Killer: A Mother's Undying Love | p. 157 |
Broken Minds and Damaged Bodies: Mental Illness | p. 169 |
The Illegal Alien: Everyone Has an Angle | p. 185 |
Off to War: Deployment to Afghanistan | p. 196 |
A Desolate Wasteland: Afghanistan | p. 209 |
Suicide bv Crossbow: Treating the Full Spectrum of the Ages | p. 220 |
Trauma and the Flesh-Eating Bacteria: The Brutal Disfigurement of a Woman's Body | p. 236 |
Parking Lot Murder: A Senseless Killing | p. 251 |
The Sniper's Rifle: The Benevolence of a SWAT Team Member | p. 261 |
The Alcoholic Trauma Patient: One of Many Ways to Ruin One's Life | p. 272 |
Back to the Combat Zone: Deployment to Iraq | p. 284 |
Guns, Knives, and Drugs: Urban Violence | p. 301 |
Poor Roger: A Painful, Bitter Ending | p. 311 |
The Final Chapter: It Has Been a Privilege | p. 328 |
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