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Overview"""GRIPPING."" --Booklist A crane falls on a hapless mother of two, almost crushing her to death . . . A trauma victim of a helicopter crash desperately clings to life . . . A paralegal aide suffers a violent seizure from a cocaine overdose and gasps for breath . . . Welcome to the ER at Bellevue Hospital, the frontline trenches of medicine where doctors fight around-the-clock to save lives at a frenetic pace of quick decisions and real life-and-death drama. Some three hundred people slam through these hospital doors every day. Gunshot cops, battered kids, drug addicts, and suicides. Destitute drunks, bag ladies, AIDS sufferers, and accident victims. It's a bizarre parade of humanity looking for help in the one place they know they can find it: the ER. ""Gut-wrenching, heartwarming, and instructive about the exigencies of this branch of medicine as practiced at this legendary institution."" --Publishers Weekly" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Edward Ziegler , Dr. Lewis GoldfrankPublisher: Random House Publishing Group Imprint: Random House Publishing Group Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.451kg ISBN: 9780345471635ISBN 10: 0345471636 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 01 March 1995 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |