Code Blue: A Writer's Guide to Hospitals, Including the ER, OR and ICU (Behind the Scenes)

Wilson, Keith D.,Page, David W.

ISBN 10: 0898799376 / ISBN 13: 9780898799378

Published by Writers Digest Books, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Code Blue: A Writer's Guide to Hospitals, Including the ER, OR and ICU (Behind the Scenes)
• Publisher: Writers Digest Books
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898799376
• ISBN 13: 9780898799378
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Viewing the hospital from a writer's perspective, Drs. Wilson and Page provide the information you need, keying on the sights, sounds and smells associated with every medical department. You'll hear the rapid dialogue of ER staff trying to save a gunshot victim. You'll feel what it's like to be a doctor prepping for surgery. You'll witness the painstaking measures taken to save a patient in ICU, and much more.
Information is broken down into easy-to-reference chapters, featuring bulleted charts of medical jargon, terminology and facts.

About the Author

Dr. Keith Wilson runs a private medical practice in Toledo, Ohio. He is also the medical director of the Harris McIntosh Tower medical facility in Toledo.