Emergency True

Twenty-five years in the ER could become a résumé for despair, but for best-selling author Dr. Robert D. Lesslie, it's a foundation for inspiring stories of everyday angels - friends, nurses, doctors, patients, and even strangers who offer love, help, and support in the midst of trouble. The ER is a difficult and challenging place to be. Yet the same pressures and stresses that make this place so challenging also provide an opportunity to experience some of life's greatest wonders and mysteries. 

4 BONUS BOOKS INCLUDED WITH KINDLE! OVER 600 PAGES OF INTENSE MEDICAL STORIES! -Extraordinary encounters. Unexpected humor. Endless challenges. Life-threatening diseases. Unthinkable trauma.- From peculiar conditions and mysterious ailments to remarkable recoveries and perplexing medical mysteries, Stat: Crazy Medical Stories, draws from real-life accounts. Each chapter unveils crazy medical cases as narrated by the healthcare professionals themselves. The stories take you on a captivating journey across various disciplines, including general medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and more. Prepare...

2 BONUS BOOKS INCLUDED IN KINDLE VERSION! Crash: Stories From the Emergency Room is a gripping anthology series that takes readers inside the hectic world of emergency room medicine through the eyes of different doctors, nurses, hospital staff, and paramedics. Each book contains a collection of stories told from their unique perspectives as they cope with the controlled chaos and high stakes of trying to save lives. The stories range from high-adrenaline rescues following accidents and disasters to quieter but equally emotional moments dealing with terminal illness and end-of-life care. ...

CELEBRATING MORE THAN 300 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ATOP THE DOCTORS & MEDICINE HUMOR BESTSELLER CHARTS! There are things a man doesn’t talk about. And then there are the things he writes down. No one would believe them otherwise. Meet Dr. Paul Waymack: trauma surgeon, burn specialist, military officer, and—for a time—Cold War envoy operating under presidential orders with Soviet agents watching his every move. See the world’s dangers through the eyes of a man who is most at home when everyone else is falling apart. Imagine Larry David dropped into a Tom Clancy plot. Have you ever wondered ...

Church, Chicken, and Chest Pain – The Biscuit Edition Stories from the Front Lines of EMS In The Biscuit Edition, the calls get stranger, the nights get longer, and the stories get even better. Join Dr. James Eubanks, a 40-year EMS veteran, as he delivers another unforgettable collection of real-life moments from the ambulance—where “routine” doesn’t exist and simple calls have a way of turning into something nobody saw coming. Ride along with the J & J crew as they navigate late-night chaos, unpredictable patients, and scenes that blur the line between emergency response and pure...

Almost 600 pages of thrilling emergency room and ICU medical stories! In The Mega Medical Stories Book, Volume 2, bestselling author David Berg, M.D., returns with another remarkable collection of 100 gripping medical stories, offering readers a deeper dive into the fast-paced, unpredictable, and inspiring world of healthcare. This second volume expands on the foundation of the series, bringing new voices and fresh perspectives from the doctors, nurses, paramedics, and other healthcare professionals who work tirelessly to save lives. From astonishing medical miracles and rare diagnoses to ...

In 1949, Ron Losee, a young Yale Medical School graduate, headed west with his wife and small daughter to begin the practice of medicine. They settled in Ennis, Montana, in a log cabin that also became their office and lab. Patients made themselves at home in the living room. One small bag held all their medical equipment. It was a proud moment when a patient first called Losee "Doc." His fee on that occasion was three dollars.

Brace for Impact: Stories of Hope and Horror Fifteen plane crashes. Fifteen stories of survival. From the frozen wastelands of Siberia to the depths of the Amazon rainforest, Brace for Impact captures the raw terror, resilience, and impossible decisions faced by those who lived through aviation disasters. Some found hope in the wreckage—others faced the brutal realities of isolation, injury, and the unforgiving elements. Told with gripping intensity, these true-to-life narratives echo the haunting suspense of your favorite Survival Stories, placing you inside the doomed cabins, the ...

They save our lives every day, and we’ve never heard their stories. Experience the life-or-death intensity of working on the front lines, in this important book putting a spotlight on America’s greatest unsung heroes. Around the clock, across the country, these highly skilled and...

Over 600 Pages of Thrilling Emergency Room Stories. In Paging Doctor…, Dr. David Berg invites readers into the pulse-pounding, emotionally charged world of emergency medicine. This collection features 100 gripping emergency room cases, told through personal accounts from doctors, nurses, and medical professionals on the frontlines. From harrowing trauma cases and miraculous recoveries to quieter, poignant moments of human connection, these stories capture the full spectrum of experiences in the ER. Each case reveals the unique blend of skill, intuition, and empathy required to navigate ...

Over 500 pages of thrilling emergency room and ICU medical stories! In The Mega Medical Stories Book, Volume 1, bestselling author and renowned physician David Berg, M.D., presents an extraordinary collection of 100 captivating medical stories straight from the frontlines of healthcare and taken from his bestselling series, Stat, Crash, and On Call. Told by doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, each story offers a unique glimpse into the triumphs, challenges, and emotional moments that define modern medicine. From dramatic life-saving procedures and rare diagnoses to ...

They reached the emergency room alive. Help was only yards away. Then the waiting began. A woman vomits blood on a lobby floor while people walk past. A psychiatric patient collapses within view of hospital staff and lies unattended for more than an hour. A child is admitted on paper but remains in the pediatric emergency department for seventeen hours. A man with chest pain and an abnormal ECG is returned to the waiting room—and never goes home. In The Waiting Room, physician-author David Berg, M.D. investigates the deaths and catastrophic injuries that occurred after patients entered ...

The calls keep coming and they get stranger. Volume 2 drops you back into the ambulance with the people who live in the gap between chaos and control. These are real accounts from the street: wrecks that don’t make sense, patients who rewrite the textbook, rescues that hang on a single decision, and the dark humor that keeps crews from breaking. You’ll get the medical detail without the lecture, the adrenaline without the Hollywood gloss, and the humanity that only shows up after the sirens cut off. First responders don’t just treat injuries. They improvise, absorb the absurd, and ...

On Call: Emergency Room Stories, Volume 2, takes readers deeper into the heart of the ER, where life and death decisions are made in split seconds. This volume explores a diverse array of medical emergencies, from the frantic race to save a stroke victim within the golden hour to the delicate management of a multi-car accident trauma. Each story offers a gripping, first-hand account from the perspective of the emergency room doctors and staff, capturing the intensity, compassion, and resilience required in this high-stakes environment. Through detailed medical diagnoses, treatment plans, ...

They say every paramedic has a story they don’t tell. This book is filled with all of them. From ghost dispatch calls to haunted gurneys, We Don’t Talk About Dispatch 13 collects the chilling, true tales whispered by night shift medics, dispatchers, and emergency responders, the ones that never made it into the reports. Each story unfolds like a campfire confession: a silent hitchhiker that speaks only once… a power outage during transport when the patient flatlines, but keeps staring… and of course, the terminal every dispatcher knows to avoid: Dispatch 13. If you’ve ever ...

Introspective, richly layered, and surprisingly hopeful, A Real Emergency is a love letter from a paramedic to the best and worst parts of her career. For fifteen years, Joanna Sokol filled private notebooks with her confusion, humor, and anger toward the strange world of emergency street...

On Call: Emergency Room Stories, Volume 5 continues to immerse readers in the high-pressure and unpredictable environment of the ER, where seconds can mean the difference between life and death. This volume presents a fresh collection of medical crises, from the dramatic rescue of a patient electrocuted while working on a boat to the intricate care required for a case of multiple trauma injuries. Each story is told from the perspective of ER doctors and medical staff, offering an in-depth view of the split-second decisions, problem-solving under pressure, and dedication that define their ...

Every second counts when death is closing in. In Minutes to Live, an emergency physician recounts twenty-five gripping true-to-life medical cases involving patients who arrived at the hospital with only moments separating them from tragedy. From massive heart attacks and ruptured brain bleeds to deadly infections, pulmonary embolisms, poisonings, drowning incidents, and catastrophic trauma, each story reveals the race against time that unfolds behind emergency room doors every day. Written in a compelling first-person narrative style, these accounts combine real medical science with the ...

A collection of more than fifty hard-to-crack medical quandaries, featuring the best of The New York Times Magazine's popular Diagnosis column—now a Netflix original series “Lisa Sanders is a paragon of the modern medical detective storyteller.”—Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal As a...

Every emergency begins with a question: What is really happening? In Paging Doctor…4, emergency physician David Berg, M.D., recounts fifty gripping cases from the unpredictable world of emergency medicine. Each case follows the urgent search for answers as ordinary symptoms reveal extraordinary and sometimes life-threatening conditions. A marathon runner suffers seizures after drinking too much water. Persistent hiccups conceal a heart attack. A tiny puncture from an industrial paint sprayer threatens a man’s hand. A painful headache is actually an eye emergency capable of causing ...