Burn Unit Saving Lives after the Flames

Name: Burn Unit Saving Lives after the Flames
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ISBN: 9780306814198

ISBN-10: 0306814196

ISBN-13: 9780306814198

Edition: 2005

Authors: Barbara Ravage

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Though each of us is just a spark away from being a burn victim, the public knows little and understands less about the world that patients inhabit. Pulling the curtains back on this private and sterile environment, Burn Unit is a riveting account of the frontline efforts--both modern-day and historical--to save lives devastated by fire. With unflinching urgency, Barbara Ravage follows an extraordinary team of healers at Massachusetts General Hospital, the cradle of modern burn treatment and the site of one of the best burn units in the world. From Boston's Cocoanut Grove fire of 1942 to the treatment of the victims of the Rhode Island nightclub fire in early 2003, we watch everyday heroes…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 5/4/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.68" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Author's Note


Introduction


Prologue: A Life on Fire



Saturday Night at the Cocoanut Grove



A Riot in the Body



The General



The Very Young, the Very Old, the Drunk, and the Stupid



Bigelow 13



In the Hyperbaric Chamber



At the Bedside



Gasping for Breath



The Scourge and the Silver Standard



Cutting Off the Dead



Healing



New Skin



Burned to Death



A New Life


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index