| Description |
ix, 245 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245). |
| Contents |
Prologue: the novel coronavirus -- Death's hearald -- Medical degree vs. puppy dog -- The relentless momentum of saving a life -- The orchestra and its audience of one -- A desperate search for clues -- To recalibrate a human being -- Gunshot wounds, fork swallowers, and the truth -- "Isn't everything in the emergency room an emergency?" -- Even our principles stumble -- A decidedly unorthodox chapter -- The cough that was cancer -- At last, an introduction -- The absurdity of bureaucrats -- Cause of death:? -- Knowledge is power, ignorace is bliss -- On how to request a dead patient's perission -- "What is the craziest thing you've sen in the ER? -- The lotto ticket -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Notes. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Nahvi, Farzon A.
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Emergency physicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Emergency physicians -- Biography.
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Emergency medicine -- United States.
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Emergency medicine.
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| Genre |
Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781982160296 |
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1982160292 |
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