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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Dr. Benaroch takes you along with an ambulance crew to give you a three-dimensional understanding of emergency care as experienced by first responders. Topics covered in this lecture include the ABCs of a rapid scan, appropriate bystander response, and the “rule of 9” for estimating burn size..
Publisher
Greatest Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
"In "How to Stop Ear Infection - Fast!" Dr Kaur covers everything you need to know about causes and cures for ear pain from babies to adults. Not only will you be able to spot the early symptoms but you will know exactly how to deal with them to stop ear pain fast! In this book Dr Kaur discusses and deals with;*What is Ear Ache*Ear Pain in Babies and Young Children*Ear Infections in Adults*What are the Symptoms to Watch For*Causes and Risk Factors*Middle...
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Publisher
American Cancer Society
Language
English
Description
"Created by a prestigious panel of experts, this new book offers comprehensive coverage of colorectal cancer, the second most prevalent form of cancer in the world, which, with proper screening, is almost entirely preventable. It provides up-to-date, essential information about the disease, including prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment options, complementary and alternative therapies, coping, living well with cancer, caregiving, and much more....
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Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
1 online resource (236 p.)
Language
English
Description
"By the time most of us meet our doctors, they've been in practice for a number of years. Often they seem aloof, uncaring, and hurried. Of course, they're not all like that, and most didn't start out that way. Here are voices of third-year students just as they begin to take on clinical responsibilities. Their words focus on the odd transition students face when they must deal with real people in real time and in real crises and when they must...
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Publisher
Rockpool Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (220 pages)
Language
English
Description
The Joy of Living is a story that touches the soul and gives us heart-warming, fascinating and deep insights on the hard road from diagnosis to treatment and eventual survival from throat cancer.Barry Eaton, author and radio presenter, describes the careful preparations he made for his journey, using his experience and understanding of the spirit world to deal with and survive the ordeal. Balancing holistic and spiritual methods with modern medicine,...
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Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (272 pages)
Language
English
Description
As a female surgeon, Dr. Kellee Slater works in one of the most demanding areas of medical operations, liver transplantation. In this inspiring, heartbreaking, and darkly humorous memoir, she opens up the fast-paced world of donor surgery. She takes readers with her as she flies across the Rocky Mountains in winter to collect transplant organs, rushes out of a department store change room to save the life of a toddler who is choking to death, and,...
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Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (220 pages)
Language
English
Description
"These brief, intriguing case histories drawn from medical journals involve unusual symptoms disguising real problems. For example, a woman who claims to have swallowed a toothbrush while brushing her teeth is exposed as a bulimic who was actually using the brush to induce vomiting. This and other gruesome, surprising, perplexing, and humorous cases are presented as medical riddles for readers to diagnose and solve."--
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Language
English
Description
The medical environment has become a labyrinth of interlocking corporate, hospital, and governmental boards of directors, infiltrated by the drug companies. Drug company representatives write glowing articles about pharmaceuticals, which are then, signed by physicians paid handsomely for their cooperation, though they may not know the adverse side effects of the drugs they promote. The most toxic substances are often, approved first, while milder...
Publisher
BarCharts, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (6 pages)
Language
English
Description
Medical students and professionals at any level, seeking any degree, certification, or with any job title, agree that this best-seller is an incredibly useful tool. Nurses, medical coders and administrators say it is a must-have to do a quick lookup or to intensely study for an exam. Finding an answer is as easy as turning one page of this 6 page laminated guide that was expertly organized by our author and designers for quick reference that is faster...
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"Make Depression a Thing of the Past Depression is startlingly widespread in the U.S., with some 30 million people-nearly one out of ten people-taking Prozac to alleviate symptoms. One in four women will have clinical depression in their lifetime, as will one in eight adolescents or men. Yet even with so many on antidepressants, depression remains rampant and nobody is getting truly healed. Why? The answer is that the true causes of depression are...
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English
Description
Six years into their marriage, Judith and Greg Scott decided to have a child; they were blessed with the birth of beautiful Emily. But their euphoria was short lived when their child was diagnosed with a rare and disabling condition: Partial Trisomy 13. Emily, they were told, would never walk, talk or read. From this tragic beginning unfolds the astonishing, life-altering journey of Out Came the Sun. Emily struggles to learn life's simple tasks, lagging...
94) Fifty Shades of Grey's Anatomy: The Unfeeling Doctor's Fresh Confessions from the Emergency Room
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Publisher
Olo Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Are women ruining medicine? Nah. Real life in the emergency lane, zeroing on body parts and chicks in scrubs. Just like Grey's Anatomy, medicine with a little bit of sex. And, like Fifty Shades of Grey, a tiny bit of torture. --Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Olo Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
When I mention that I work in an emergency room, people usually say,1. Are you a nurse? (No.)2. Wow. That must be really hard. (Sometimes.)3. What's it like? This is what it's like to run the ER. That teenager puking up two liters of vodka and his stomach lining at triage? Yup. Blood pouring out of a terrified pregnant woman? Call me. And, of course, the patient who no longer has a nosebleed screaming at me across the department, "You. Are. The Most....
Author
Publisher
Robert Hale
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
One of the things that has been missing during the debate over the NHS is something that speaks to the experiences of normal folk and reminds people just what an amazing thing a public national health service really is. Like so many British people, I have used the NHS for a number of reasons throughout my life-some serious, others less so-but where would I be now without it? I honestly don't know."In this funny, irreverent book, Carl Walker represents...
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English
Description
"HIV, hepatitis, influenza, the common cold, herpes, Ebola, Hantavirus, West Nile fever, dengue, TT virus--the viral world keeps posing new major challenges to human health each year. At the same time as this onslaught of emerging powerful viral infections, our antibiotic arsenals are losing ground and our immune systems are compromised. Can we handle the next viral epidemic? Yes, says James Williams, an experienced, credentialled naturopath, acupuncturist,...
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Series
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English
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"Medical journalist Stephanie Marohn eases the pain and trauma of addiction recovery in this guide, one in a series dealing with ailments such as anxiety and depression. In layman's terms she discusses how chemical imbalances in the brain create addiction and withdrawal symptoms, and how they can be restored. Suggestions include: amino acid supplements (to regulate sugar levels), herbs such as chamomile, valerian root (to relax the nervous system),...
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Language
English
Description
We try to learn from every patient, to help them get better and to facilitate understanding of their health and the progression of the disease process impacting both body and spirit. This book allows one to understand the human interface with the diagnostic process.
Summary
The Emergency Department(ED), or Emergency Room(ER) as it is commonly known, is home to us all- both patients and staff. There are very few constants in this ever-changing...
100) The Black Death
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (720 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Many of us know the Black Death as a catastrophic event of the medieval world. But the Black Death was arguably the most significant event in Western history, profoundly affecting every aspect of human life, from the economic and social to the political, religious, and cultural. In its wake, the plague left a world that was utterly changed, forever altering the traditional structure of European societies and forcing a rethinking of every single system...
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