Emergency!: True Stories from the Nation's Ers

* A suicide attempt by an explosive young man...* The hidden secrets of a grotesquely obese patient...* A couple whose amorous acrobatics get out of hand...* A child brought back from the dead...Bristling with the raw power of reality this riveting book recounts true tales of life and death from the emergency rooms of America. Dr. Mark Brown asked over 15000 fellow ER staffers to share their most unforgettable moments. Now in their own voices these real ER personnel bring us their most poignant heartbreaking laugh-out-loud hilarious or shocking moments from the war zone of medicine. Discover the manic antics and incredible skills of ER doctors when a girlfriends smooch nearly becomes a kiss of death...a farmers severed foot hitches a ride to the hospital...a premature baby fights valiantly for life...and all of the unforgettable cases that come through the swinging doors of the emergency room.