LEADER 00000cam 2200397 i 4500 001 sky305543293 003 SKY 005 20230314141815.8 008 230213t20232022nyu b 000 0aeng d 010 bl2023003516 020 9781982160296 020 1982160292 040 NjBwBT|beng|erda|cLNC|dLNC|dOCLCQ|dOCO|dAPL|dSKYRV |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us--- 082 04 610.92|a[B]|223/eng/20230118 092 610.92|bNAH 100 1 Nahvi, Farzon A. 245 10 Code gray :|bdeath, life, and uncertainty in the ER / |cFarzon A. Nahvi, M.D. 250 First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 264 1 New York :|bSimon & Schuster,|c2023. 264 4 |c©2022 300 ix, 245 pages ;|c23 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245). 505 00 |tPrologue: the novel coronavirus --|tDeath's hearald -- |tMedical degree vs. puppy dog --|tThe relentless momentum of saving a life --|tThe orchestra and its audience of one --|tA desperate search for clues --|tTo recalibrate a human being --|tGunshot wounds, fork swallowers, and the truth --|t"Isn't everything in the emergency room an emergency?" --|tEven our principles stumble --|tA decidedly unorthodox chapter --|tThe cough that was cancer --|tAt last, an introduction --|tThe absurdity of bureaucrats --|tCause of death:? --|tKnowledge is power, ignorace is bliss --|tOn how to request a dead patient's perission --|t"What is the craziest thing you've sen in the ER? --|tThe lotto ticket --|tEpilogue -- |tAcknowledgements --|tNotes. 520 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. 600 10 Nahvi, Farzon A. 650 0 Emergency physicians|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 Emergency physicians|vBiography. 650 0 Emergency medicine|zUnited States. 650 0 Emergency medicine. 655 7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft
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