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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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In an Ireland doubly ravaged by war and disease, Nurse Julia Power works at an understaffed hospital in the city center, where expectant mothers who have come down with the terrible new Flu are quarantined together. Into Julia's regimented world step two outsiders -- Doctor Kathleen Lynn, a rumoured Rebel on the run from the police , and a young volunteer helper, Bridie Sweeney. In the darkness and intensity of this tiny ward, over three days, these...
Author
Series
The healing touch volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Lauren McCaffrey, an ER nurse, arrives in Dogwood Springs, Missouri, hoping for a fresh start in her career and a convenient escape from her family's humiliating pressure to find a husband.
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 5
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Healthy patients are dying of unknown causes in a San Francisco hospital and the Women's Murder Club decides to investigate the hospital's personnel. They discover a hospital administrator determined to shield the hospitals reputation.
6) Mr. November
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
BARING IT ALL. Amanda Barker needs to find a man with a killer bodynot for herself, but to fill the role of Mr. November in her charity calendar. Firefighter Josh Marshall is perfect, but the notorious ladies man is a hard sell, and shes forced to negotiate with the only collateral hell accept: a date with her! Its hard to resist a man in a uniformeven more so when hes out of one. Josh cant quite decide how to handle the very persistent woman who...
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Emergency medic Marilee Trainor likes her freedom and lives for trouble. Then she stumbles upon a clue to the legendary McCord Gold and suddenly finds herself in a mysterious killer's sights--and in the arms of irresistible playboy Wyatt McCord. This McCord cousin has been everywhere, yet the ranch is the only place he feels at home. Now Marilee's courage and independence make him want to protect her, win her heart, and finally settle down. But trust...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Physician and author Danielle Ofri investigates how medical error could be killing 10% of patients and causing 33% of hospital deaths. A clinical professor of medicine and practicing physician uses current research, interviews with medical staff and her own experience to explore the causes of medical error and advocates for concrete safety interventions and cultural shifts to reduce errors in the future. These stories ask us to reconsider what happens...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"By shedding light on how doctors cope with the stresses and responsibilities of patients, colleagues, lawyers, and their personal lives, she explains why it is important that patients know how emotions influence the way physicians treat their patients both medically and interpersonally. Exploring the full range of human emotion--from the fear of making a fatal mistake to the pride and elation of triumphing over death, What Doctors Feel allows patients...
Publisher
Roadside Attractions
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The true story of William Pitsenbarger, an Air Force medic who saved more than sixty men in one of the bleakest battles of the Vietnam War. Presented the chance to escape on the last helicopter, Pitsenbarger stayed behind to save and defend his comrade in arms. Twenty years later, Pitsenbarger's fellow soldiers and father seek the help of investigator Scott Huffman and other surviving veterans to finally secure him The Congressional Medal of Honor...
Author
Publisher
Simon Element
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Compassionate, groundbreaking, and urgently needed, Stand By Me provides caregivers with new ways to juggle the responsibilities and emotional ups and downs of caregiving. As the founder of the only devoted Caregivers Clinic in the country, clinical psychologist Dr. Allison Applebaum is no stranger to the intensity of being an unpaid, untrained family caregiver. She also understands that it is often the strength and well-being of these very caregivers-the...
Author
Publisher
Harper Horizon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"[This] resource for doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other healthcare professionals ... contains: real-world accounts and experiences from frontline workers; an overview of treatment options; and exercises, tools, and tips that you can use today"--Page 4 of cover.
14) One last shot
Author
Series
Alaska Air One Rescue volume 1
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When music star Oaken Fox joins Alaska Air One Rescue for a reality show, he must work with Boo Kingston, a female EMT who isn't impressed with his fame. She needs a trained rescuer - especially if they're going to find a group of lost hikers. But when ablizzard hits and the search goes south, can he become a real hero, or are they headed for tragedy?"--
"When country music star Oaken Fox joins survivalist Mike Grizz's new adventure show in the...
17) Hacksaw Ridge
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
It's the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he singlehandedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a...
Author
Publisher
Three Rivers Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, arrived at a sanitorium in the forests of the Pacific Northwest to undergo the revolutionary “fasting treatment” of Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard. It was supposed to be a holiday for the two sisters, but within a month of arriving at what the locals called Starvation Heights, the women underwent brutal treatments and were emaciated shadows of their former selves. Claire and Dora were...
19) Life savers
Author
Publisher
Magic Cat Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
This inspiring nonfiction picture book profiles real-life emergency service heroes, showing the amazing work they do, the incredible skills they have, and the important equipment they need to save lives.
Spend a day with real-life emergency service heroes . . . and be inspired to make a difference! Have you ever wondered what equipment a firefighter takes into a blazing fire? Or what tools a surgeon uses to perform a life-saving operation? Or what...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017].
Language
English
Description
In 1991, the Institute of Medicine released a landmark report, which revealed that as many as 98,000 patients were dying every year owing to avoidable medical error. More recent research indicates that estimate was, if anything, a drastic understatement of the patient-safety epidemic in the US health care system.In Malpractice, neurosurgeon and attorney Dr. Larry Schlachter makes a case that most patients enter the system without any idea of the risks...
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