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"Bill Browning heads the trauma unit at San Francisco's busiest emergency room, SF General. With his ex-wife and daughters in London, he immerses himself in his work and lives for rare visits with his children. A rising star at her teaching hospital, UCSF at Mission Bay, Stephanie Lawrence has two young sons, a frustrated stay-at-home husband, and not enough time for any of them. Harvard-educated Wendy Jones is a dedicated trauma doctor at Stanford,...
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A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver is a collection of stories told from the viewpoint of the author during his time as an EMT, paramedic, and Navy Corpsman. These stories are based on real life situations and told with attention to detail in an attempt to help the reader visualize the experience for him or her self.
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Scott Eberhart has worked 911 emergency services for over thirty-eight years. Come inside his ambulance and experience the exhaustion, raw emotion, fall off the chair humor and desperation that comes with the job. This is what it's like as a paramedic over the long haul.
"In this business, you do learn degrees of dead. There is almost dead, sorta dead, and kinda dead. Those you can do something about."
"Rescue workers are not immune to human...
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La gran pausa es una radiografía uno de los momentos más complejos de las últimas décadas. Asistimos a pérdidas humanas en cifras sin precedentes fuera de una guerra, así como a un impacto económico de proporciones bíblicas, abocándonos a la desazón y al caos; pero como en el caos también hay orden, un grupo de intelectuales y especialistas nos propone un análisis, una suerte de gramática de la pandemia, para entender cómo un pequeño...
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Ce livre est un guide complet qui vous apprend tout ce que vous devez savoir sur les interventions chirurgicales les plus courantes pour traiter les varices, y compris la crossectomie, le stripping, la phlébectomie et l'échosclérose.Vous apprendrez à comprendre les avantages, les risques et les coûts de chaque procédure, ainsi que le processus de récupération et de réadaptation après l'opération. Ce livre vous aidera à préparer votre...
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This small compilation provides prospective candidates a glossary of medical terms used in Evidence based-Medicine and a step-by-step approach to how critically appraise articles published in medical journals and guidelines on how to search for reports.
The purpose of critical appraisal is to help the health care professional to read research studies objectively by identifying valid and irrelevant points, the strengths and weaknesses and the usefulness...
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No More Lethal Waits is a concise and compelling step-by-step guide to transform emergency departments in Canada and anywhere patients wait unconscionable times for their needs to be met. Dr. Shawn Whatley – who knows whereof he speaks, having led and participated in radical change to a large emergency department – summarizes the steps as: 1. Revamp Triage. 2. Close the Waiting Room. 3. Redefine Nurse-to-Patient Ratios. 4. Use Chairs and Exam...
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Over the past half century, the field of chaplaincy has come to a fork in the road. Many will recognize the well-traveled path of traditional chaplaincy. Others will follow the newer but clearly marked way to professional chaplaincy: a clinically trained, evidence-based discipline, reflecting and serving the diverse expressions of spirituality in modern society. Until now, chaplaincy in Emergency Medical Services has been the terra incognita, the...
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This book takes the reader to the front lines of medicine, from a serious automobile accident on a dark country road to a woman in cardiac arrest to a young man with near-fatal gunshot wounds. For these patients and countless others, treatment cannot wait until they are wheeled into a distant emergency room. If lives are to be salvaged, care must begin with the life-saving skills of Emergency Medical Technicians. "I could never work on a rescue squad,"...
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Paul Weinberg spent 30 years in the Emergency Room (or ER) as a medical doctor and has seen everything, Described as "a strange career" by the author, entry into the field is unrestricted and open to all who are brave (or foolish) enough to start into the stream without the knowledge of the tsunami ahead. The strangeness of the practice is apparent from the very first visit to a busy urban ER. The swarm of commotion and great vividness of the scene...
12) EMT Rescue
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These are the trying, true stories of the mobile emergency medical technicians who often are the only thing standing between any one of us and death. Author Pat Ivey uses her extensive firsthand experiences, as well as an unflinching eye for drama and detail, to bring us the unheard tales of heroism and courage of the EMT units. She takes us into a hidden world of children in need, women seeking shelter from the storm of abuse, and the realities of...
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Ce livre est une exploration captivante du futur de la médecine, mettant en lumière la percée révolutionnaire de la médecine personnalisée. De la révélation des secrets de votre ADN à l'impact concret sur votre santé, ce livre vous guide à travers un voyage fascinant au cœur de la génétique médicale.Le premier chapitre, La Révolution Génétique, plonge dans les origines de cette évolution, du séquençage du génome humain aux avancées...
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Embark on a transformative journey towards achieving your fitness goals with "Effortless Muscle Building: The Ultimate Handbook for Beginners." Whether you're a newcomer to the world of strength training or seeking to refine your approach, this comprehensive guide is your go-to resource for building muscle, boosting strength, and optimizing your physique.Written with beginners in mind, this book takes a holistic approach to muscle building, covering...
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Prozac. Millions of Americans are on it. And just about everyone else is wondering if they should be on it, too. The claims of the pro-Prozac chorus are enticing: that it can cure everything from depression (the only disorder for which Prozac was originally approved) to fear of public speaking, PMS, obesity, shyness, migraine, and back pain-with few or no side effects. But is the reality quite different? At what price do we buy Prozac-induced euphoria...
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Elie Paul Cohen, a Franco-British civilian emergency doctor, was in his youth an anti-militarist who evaded conscription. But decades later, his military record comes back to haunt him when it turns up in his professional dossier. In a surreal coincidence, the French, British, and Israeli secret services suddenly become interested in recruiting him, and Cohen accepts the deal the French Army offers: he can settle his accounts by serving as a liaison...
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Fierce, gritty, and raw. The Bravest takes readers on a journey through an aspect of the human experience that very few will ever have the chance to witness.
The Bravest is a behind-the-scenes exposé and collection of short stories, chronicling the author's 20-plus-year career as a big-city firefighter. The narrative arc spans the new recruit with high hopes and dreams, his conflicts with trauma and corruption, the redemption discovered after dealing...
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Established in 1705, the town of Groton is geographically located between the Thames and Mystic Rivers in the southeastern corner of Connecticut. The town is comprised of eight separate subdivision communities that are referred to as fire districts. Groton is also the home to a large naval submarine base, a small general aviation airport, and several major industrial facilities, including the Electric Boat Corporation and Pfizer, Inc. The Mystic fire...
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In “Command of Guardians: Executive Servant Leadership for the Community of Responders”, Second Edition spotlights the philosophy of servant leadership and offers a pathway for strengthening first responder organizations. Responders work in high-risk, critical situations under the pressure of time and consequence. Being a responder means one must become an active player in the tragedies of others. Because these situations can change the responder...
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