Kathleen A. Handal

Your ER Survival Guide (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Few people get through life without at least one trip to the emergency room (ER), either as a patient or support person for a family member or friend. 'Your ER Survial Guide' is designed to help calm readers' fears by giving them the lowdown on how an ER operates. The book is written by Kathleen Handal, MD, an emergency physician with over 20 years experience. Handal is a nationally and internationally known emergency medicine physician who authored "The American Red Cross First Aid & Safety Handbook" and co-authored a series of medical textbooks.
Doc Handal ER Guide is available an electronic and print version to advises readers on how to navigate the ER. Included are ten simple steps to follow to get ready for an ER visit, as well as valuable insight into how an ER operates so readers can advocate for the best care possible. Complicated tests and terminology are explained in easy-to-understand terms.
Doctors and nurses are making decisions in a fast-paced, stressful environment. Mistakes can and do happen. So the more people know about what to expect the less likely one of those mistakes will happen to them. Reading the book is like having Doc Handal at your side when you need her the most. Take it with you when you go!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kathleen A. Handal, MD
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780982713129
• Artikelnr.: 48239029

Autorenporträt

Doc Handal, M.D. is a nationally and internationally known emergency medicine 'Doc'. She believes physicians have a responsibility to teach and share medical common sense. Bio: A long-standing believer in consumer education; she knows it does make a difference. Her thesis for lay education is that "we physicians need to come down to the consumer's knowledge level to bring them up towards ours". She preaches 'medical common sense' and is well understood, as she uses simple yet accurate examples in non-medical terms. Her ability to explain medical concepts makes her a popular choice whenever the media requests a physician's expertise. Dr. Handal's first book, "The American Red Cross First Aid & Safety Handbook", (Little, Brown & Co.) was written for the lay audience. The launch for this book included an impressive multi-media publicity tour of 10 major cities. Popularity and visibility with non-medical persons have resulted in her hosting and co-hosting talk-radio health shows. She has also made numerous TV appearances including on CNN and the Today Show. In addition, Dr. Handal has written numerous articles for popular magazines and served as Medical Director of Parentzone.com for three years. Dr. Handal has been contributing editor to numerous professional medical books, as well as the lay press, starting with Richard Platt's (ed.), "The People's Medical Answer Book" (Prentice Hall). She authored "Sensible ECG" (Delmar) a three-book series written for the professional medical audience. Doc's Guides written as a series to share medical information with laypersons. The series presently includes Doc's First Aid Guide, Guia Simple de Primeros Auxilios, Doc's Guide de Premiers Secours, Your ER Survival Guide. These are available in many outlets online (Smashwords, Amazon, Kobo, iTunes, Barnes & Noble) in ebook and print formats. Dr. Handal served as a Senior Examiner for The American Board of Emergency Medicine, a Site Reviewer for the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services, and an active instructor for the American Heart Association. Dr. Kathleen Handal A practicing board-certified emergency physician with over 26 years of patient care experience, she continues activities in medical education and with national professional involvements. She has lectured internationally from Australia to China and Russia. Dr. Handal served as a Senior Consultant for Associated Systems for Search Education Research & ...