Emergency & Critical Care

With his fifth edition, Chief John Norman offers lessons learned during his extensive and time-honored career. Chief Norman imparts wisdom and experience by offering advice informed by actual outcomes from the fireground....

Around the clock, across the country, these highly skilled and compassionate men and women sacrifice and struggle for us and our families. You have never heard their true stories. Not like this. From big-city and small-town hospitals. From behind the scenes. From the heart....

My career as a firefighter/paramedic stretched from 1974 to 2000 when were inventing EMS as we went along. These are stories from those years on the street. That place I named so long ago, the other reality that exists just outside most people’s everyday lives....

Growing up in Brooklyn, New York, it never occurred to Uché Blackstock and her twin sister, Oni, that they would be anything but physicians.

This comprehensive guide covers everything from airway management and patient assessment to trauma care and medical emergencies, this audiobook is designed to equip you with the skills needed to provide effective care in high-pressure situations.

A paramedic story that takes places in the wild and sheds a never-seen-before light on wilderness medicine, our national parks, and conflicts that arise between tourism and protecting the land....

In Shock is a riveting first-hand account from a young critical care physician, who in the passage of a moment is transfigured into a dying patient....

Introspective, complicated, and surprising, A Real Emergency is a love letter from a paramedic to the best and worst parts of her career.

As an active surgeon and former department chairman, Dr. Paul A. Ruggieri has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of his profession....

The Buddhist approach to death can be of great benefit to people of all backgrounds - as has been demonstrated time and again in Joan Halifax's decades of work....

In this collection of short stories, Dr. Green takes the listener inside the hidden emotional landscape of emergency medicine....

Nine months of tying tourniquets and pushing new medications, of IVs, chest compressions, and defibrillator shocks - that was Kevin Grange's initiation into emergency medicine....

Recalling remarkable cases - and people - from a career launched in the first days of Emergency Medicine, Dr. Paul Seward leads us in his memoir through suspenseful diagnoses and explorations of anatomy....

In this rich blend of science, medical history, profoundly humane patient stories, and personal reflection, Dr. Wes Ely describes his mission to prevent patients from being inadvertently harmed by the technology that is keeping them alive....

As an emergency room doctor working on the rapid evaluation unit, Dr. Thomas Fisher has about three minutes to spend with the patients who come into the South Side of Chicago ward where he works before directing them to the next stage of their care....

In this debut collection of essays, Pace tells of his years as a career paramedic—wandering through the highs and the lows, the saves and the losses, the patients he remembers, and the ones he tries to forget....

You are no doubt a busy individual with a lot of things going on! It can be challenging to find the time to study for the CCRN exam. However, the truth is that the CCRN test is a challenging exam. It is normal to have some anxiety about taking this test....

In her former career as an English professor, Theresa Brown had been shielded from the harsh reality of death. That all changed the day she decided to become an oncology nurse....

The education of a New York City paramedic, whose tales of tragedy and transcendence over a single year culminate in the greatest challenge the city’s emergency medical system has ever faced: COVID-19....

In the Blood is the "high-stakes" true story of how an absent-minded inventor and a down-on-his-luck salesman joined forces to create a once‑in‑a‑generation lifesaving product....

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 help and support in the midst of trouble....

With more than 20 stories, things ER workers want to say to patients, and Emergency Room bingo, A Double Dose of Dilaudid will take you on a joyride to the funnier side of the ER....

In this book, experienced paramedic Leigh Anderson shares true life-and-death stories from his career, explores the latest scientific research on mindset, stress and resilience, and reveals his secrets for maintaining poise.

Passing the NBRC Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Exam is a crucial step toward advancing a career in respiratory therapy. Conquer the NBRC ...

An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself....