People of the ER

De: Philip Allen Green MD

Narrado por: David de Vries

Standing in the trauma room of an emergency department is like standing at ground zero of a nuclear reaction, only it's not radiation that is released - but stories. Stories that are told and retold, sometimes just until the end of the shift, but sometimes for decades.

A survivor of domestic violence makes it to the hospital but cannot trust anyone. An anonymous man passes away after being taken to the emergency room, and no one can identify him. The spouse of a cancer patient must decide whether to force her to undergo chemotherapy or to let her pass away in peace.

These stories - and all the rest in People of the ER - grapple with what it means to be human in the face of trauma and death.

Written by the author of Trauma Room Two, People of the ER delves deeper into the lives of the patients and staff that work in a small, rural emergency room.

©2017 Philip Allen Green (P)2017 Tantor

A Practitioner Must Read

After years in medicine, I thought I’d become hardened to it all. Nothing touched me anymore. Enter Dr Green stage left. This book realigned all I’d come to believe about medicine, emergencies and people. But this author manages to do so with the warmth of a kind mentor, a friend, a confidant that won’t tell everyone about you laughing, crying and yelling at every chapter. Well done, Doc. Well done.

Great story-telling!!

Wonderful book! I wish he published more books. Easy listening and very enjoyable! I love hearing a doctor’s point of view.

Great read

Some very memorable stories here. I read this in an attempt to get inside the mind of someone I know, who works in a hospital. Not only did it help with that, but it had a few pretty nice illustrations of how to reframe trauma, so as to be able to move forward.

deeply moving and insightful

Written by a true humanitarian who has a remarkable ability to peer deeply into the depth of grief, trauma, loss, and what it means to be a human being as witness to others and their time of greatest need as they arrive in the emergency department after life-changing events have occurred. The title does not do it justice and as much more then life in the emergency department.

For anyone working in the ER

I’ve worked in the ER for a little over six years, and I plan to be there for my entire nursing career. The ER is my second home and where I feel the most comfortable and at ease. This book captures similar thoughts and emotions I have intermittently had throughout my career. Many times I found myself nodding to a story and reflected on my own thoughts and biases.

Well done

I’ll never know how good a doctor you are - my guess is a very good one - but as a storyteller and chronicler of the best and worst of us, I find you to be amazing! I’ve read both your books and loved every minute of each. Keep up the good work!

Engaging Stories! Loved this book

Loved this book. The stories were engaging and interesting. If you like medicine books as a novice you will love this book

Real people real stories

Stories about hospitals always capture my attention.. being one of the people who rarely step out of the hospital, it is easy the forget for every patient there is a story and for every person there is story

4.5 Uneven but generally good

The best stories here are powerful and take you through every emotion in just a 1/2 hour. The worst stories are overly poetic and maudlin. The narrator gives a wonderful performance throughout.

Actions and Musings in the Emergency Room

What needed to be done quickly and the consequences in the aftermath of trauma.