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ER - Enter at Your Own Risk: How to Avoid Dangers Inside Emergency Rooms »

Book cover image of ER - Enter at Your Own Risk: How to Avoid Dangers Inside Emergency Rooms by Joel Cohen

Authors: Joel Cohen, Joel Cohen
ISBN-13: 9780882822051, ISBN-10: 0882822055
Format: Paperback
Publisher: New Horizon Press
Date Published: September 2001
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Joel Cohen

Book Synopsis

Patricia's roar reverberated across the emergency room. Doctors, nurses and patients looked on in eerie silence. From behind a curtain, Patricia learned that emergency rooms sometimes provide the worst of care. It happened to Patricia and can happen to you. Don't wait for medical calamity to strike. Plan ahead. Learn the dangers inside emergency rooms. Learn how to use emergency and urgent care facilities wisely. Take an insider's tour of chaotic ER's. Your guide: An experienced emergency care physician who wants you to get the best possible medical care.
Just a few vital topics readers will learn about:

    Read about 15 devastating dangers in emergency rooms, and learn their solutions.
    Find out how to get the best care for your child.
    Learn the less typical symptoms of heart attack and stroke. It may save your life.
    Specialist care in emergency rooms varies from inept to expert; learn how to get the expert.
    Read about medical errors and how to avoid becoming a statistic.
    Why has ER overcrowding become a serious threat to patient care? Learn tips on how to sidestep the problem.
    Where else can you turn for immediate care of less serious medical problems?
    Why can tests and treatments do more harm than good?
    Are all ER doctors about the same? The truth may shock you.

ER Director, UC Davis Medical Center - Robert W. Derlet

"Every person in this country should read this prior to entering an ER Cohen accurately describes the problems that occur."

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