emergency medicine

Discusses all aspects of emergency medicine including the medical personnel and equipment needed to successfully help the patient.

Photographs and text show the key features of an ambulance and what they are for.

A simple introduction to the clothing, tools, schooling, and work of emergency medical technicians.

Although George's classmates are well aware that he is not the smartest student in the first grade, they are proud to know him when his fast action in an emergency saves an elderly friend's life.

Atul Gawande discusses the complexity of daily living in the early twenty-first century, and advocates the benefits of using checklists to prevent avoidable failures.