emergency services

"The story of a dramatic year in the life of the Chicago ER--a year of an unprecedented pandemic and a ferocious epidemic of homicides--interwoven with the primer in healthcare one doctor wishes he could give his patients. Full of day-to-day drama, stories, personal narrative, and analysis of our most fundamental failure as a society, this is a . . . work that will offer readers a fresh vision of healthcare as a foundation of social justice"--Provided by publisher.

"Two children learn the importance of doctors in their community"--Provided by publisher.

Describes what it is like to be a nurse working a trauma shift at the hospital and examines the training requirements, responsibilities, and day-to-day experiences of being a nurse.

Text and photographs describe activities occurring in a hospital emergency room as they follow a number of both seriously ill patients and patients with minor complaints through their treatment.

Describes a typical day's activities of an emergency room nurse.

"A Thomas Dunne book." Recounts stories from the Emergency Department of a New York City hospital.

Arthur the bear must stay at the hospital after falling off his bike, and learns how the doctors and nurses can make him feel better.

When Maggie falls off her bike, her mother takes her to be examined, x-rayed, and stitched in the emergency room of a nearby hospital.

Explores the equipment and procedures of a hospital emergency room by describing what one patient sees while being treated for a sprained ankle.