Resuscitation: Stories on the Brink of Life and Death
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Resuscitation: Stories on the Brink of Life and Death
14.99 €
In 1952, a polio outbreak in Copenhagen killed more than 300 people. The only way to survive the disease at the time was to use a special pressure chamber—an "iron lung." This was the first use of intensive care in the history of medicine.
The book's author, Matt Morgan, is an intensive care physician who, as part of his job, must be familiar with over 13,000 diseases, has written 6,000 prescriptions, and performed 4,000 surgeries.
He has worked in some of the largest hospitals in Australia and the UK, and his PhD helped create artificial intelligence to solve serious medical problems.
Matt Morgan introduces us to the work of an intensive care unit, talking about the body and its organs. We learn not only the stories of the various patients he treated over the years but also about the functioning of different parts of our body.
"One in five people dies in an intensive care unit, but only one in a hundred knows what that place is." — Since the mid-20th century, intensive care has helped half a billion people survive life-threatening illnesses.
— The head of a pin can accommodate 100,000 viruses, 5,000 of the smallest bacteria, and 500 fungi.
The book's author, Matt Morgan, is an intensive care physician who, as part of his job, must be familiar with over 13,000 diseases, has written 6,000 prescriptions, and performed 4,000 surgeries.
He has worked in some of the largest hospitals in Australia and the UK, and his PhD helped create artificial intelligence to solve serious medical problems.
Matt Morgan introduces us to the work of an intensive care unit, talking about the body and its organs. We learn not only the stories of the various patients he treated over the years but also about the functioning of different parts of our body.
"One in five people dies in an intensive care unit, but only one in a hundred knows what that place is." — Since the mid-20th century, intensive care has helped half a billion people survive life-threatening illnesses.
— The head of a pin can accommodate 100,000 viruses, 5,000 of the smallest bacteria, and 500 fungi.
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