When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Hermans volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the ...
From the RITA( and Christy Award-winning author comes this tender and inspiring classic romance. Everything changes for a heartbroken Rachel Ashcroft when physically challenged James Graham enters her life. Will faith's healing power lead them toward the light of love? Reissue.
This handy-sized, completely updated edition will help both clinicians and institutions deliver appropriate, cost-efficient wound care. "Clinical Guide: Skin and Wound Care, Sixth Edition" provides new content on skin care, incontinence, and regulations while providing an overview of wound care and prevention and more than 650 wound care products ...
At 19, Greenberg narrowly survived a devastating car crash. When her broken neck healed, she was hailed as a medical miracle. But when an unbearable pain in her neck returned many years later, she and her family were forced to deal with a medical system ill-equipped to handle patients with chronic pain.
Michael Paul Mason is one of an elite group of experts who appear in the wake of tragic accidents and coordinate care that can last a lifetime. On the road with Mason, we encounter survivors of brain injuries as they struggle to map and make sense of the new worlds they inhabit. We meet a snowboarder whose life became permanently surreal after an ...
In this guide to living with problems associated with brain trauma, the authors set out to help victims help themselves. They provide information on what questions to ask and how to cope with various symptoms and offer advice and coping skills for everyday situations.
Part of the "Incredibly Visual!", extension of the award-winning "Incredibly Easy!" series[registered], this innovative book uses hundreds of full-color graphics to visually demonstrate every aspect of wound care - skin anatomy and physiology, wound healing, wound assessment, wound care procedures, wounds and ulcers of various etiologies, and ...
At the beginning of this high-spirited novel of the American West, a seven-year-old boy on an Apache Indian reservation in Arizona has his head run over by a mail truck. But this is no tragedy, for not only does Edgar survive the accident--he maintains his innate goodness and his belief in the redeeming power of language. The result is a miracle ...
Ever sustained a knee injury? Want to prevent one? Whether you're young and actively involved in sports, an enthusiastic weekend warrior, or someone who's simply getting older and whose body is changing, "The Knee Crisis Handbook" will show you how to take care of your knees. You'll learn what to do if you sustain an injury, how to prevent a ...
"Wound Care Made Incredibly Easy! Second Edition" covers fundamental wound care principles and procedures, using a light-hearted, entertaining style. Its coverage begins with skin anatomy and physiology, wound progression and healing, and factors that can delay or complicate healing. Subsequent chapters cover wound assessment and monitoring and ...
Created by a team of interdisciplinary professionals, "Wound Care Essentials: Practice Principles, 2e" is a comprehensive yet concise handbook, which discusses all aspects of wound care from quality of life issues to legal and regulatory aspects to skin integrity. It describes wound healing, wound assessment, and treatment options available for ...
With poignant insight and humour, "When the Air Hits Your Brain" chronicles a man's evolution from naive and ambitious young houseman to world-class neurosurgeon. In electrifying detail, Frank Vertosick Jr describes some of the greatest challenges of his career, including a six-week-old infant with a tumour in her brain, a young man struck down in ...
Treat Your Own Knees shows how to reduce or end knee pain by improving knee function. In easy-to-grasp language, author Jim Johnson covers the physiology of the knee and the kinds of pain that affect it, along with the psychological aspects. He offers a series of straightforward exercises based on current medical data and tested in his practice. ...
The new edition is an evidence-based tool for both physical therapists and nurses in multiple settings, including acute care, outpatient rehabilitation, long-term care, and home care. It provides basic and advanced information on wound healing and therapies, and emphasizes clinical decision-making.
A powerful account of 18 months in the lives of three soldiers and a journalist, all patients in Ward 57, Walter Reed's amputee wing. A chronicle of devastation and recovery, this is a deeply affecting portrait of the private aftermath of combat casualties.
"Wound Care Facts Made Incredibly Quick!" provides instant access to essential wound care information that nurses need every day. This book fits comfortably into a pocket, and the wipeable page surface allows nurses to write notes and remove them easily. This book includes coverage of: wound classifications; wound care products; procedures, such ...
This volume offers comprehensive advice on exactly what to do should you or your horse or a friend become injured when out riding or at the stable yard. Many different topics are covered from minor injuries such as surface wounds to more serious accidents such as broken bones or an eye injury. Rider accidents discussed include falling from a horse ...
This memoir, compiled as a series of moving diary entries, addresses the highs and lows of being a doctor in the pediatric emergency unit at the Children's Hospital in St. Paul Minnesota. Here, where trauma grips whole families, there are life lessons to be learned from every small patient, even those only a few days old. Dr. Bonadio shares what ...
Russian psychologist A. R. Luria presents a compelling portrait of a man's heroic struggle to regain his mental faculties. A soldier named Zasetsky, wounded in the head at the battle of Smolensk in 1943, suddenly found himself in a frightening world: he could recall his childhood but not his recent past; half his field of vision had been destroyed ...
"Trauma" is your one-stop guide to managing trauma patients. This trusted guide covers every essential topic from pre-hospital care through rehabilitation. Nationally and world-famous surgeons describe techniques on how to control and manage each organ, organ system, and explain to you how to perform emergency radiology, ultrasound, and ...
This book is written specifically for the consumer not trained in professional emergency medical procedures. It uses simple, direct language, graphic do-it-yourself illustrations, and a step-by-step format to demonstrate exactly what to do until the ambulance arrives.
Completely revised and updated, the new edition of this portable guide offers fast-access solutions to all of the medical situations that can occur in non-traditional settings. Based on Dr. Auerbach's critically acclaimed text "Wilderness Medicine, 5th Edition", this handbook is packed with how-to step-by-step explanations and the latest practical ...
When Eve suffered a near-fatal brain aneurysm, Madonna Siles, her housemate and friend, too quickly found herself making critical short- and long-term medical care decisions without any help. When the insurance and financial resources ran out and the conventional therapy providers discharged zombie-like Eve to the homecare of a solitary caregiver, ...
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