Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0898799376, Paperback)

Scrub in and go behind the scenes with Dr. Keith Wilson and Dr. David Page. Here they show you what day-to-day life is really like in the modern hospital, so you can inject your novels and scripts with action and accuracy. Viewing the hospital from a writer's perspective, Drs. Wilson and Page provide the information you need, including the sights, sounds and smells associated with every medical department. You'll hear the rapid dialogue of ER staff trying to save a gun shot 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. Topics include: - The Emergency Department from preparation to procedures
- Surgery including the surgical team, how they work together and what can go wrong
- Medications, Instruments and Equipment from hemostats to ventilators
- Personnel including orderlies, APNs, MDs, CEOs and everyone in between
- Exams, Tests and Procedures such as chem sevens and CTs
- Hospital Admissions from dealing with "dumping" to dealing with paperwork
- Patient Wards and ICUs including types of illnesses treated
- Complications and Mistakes such as drug reactions and wrong site surgery
- Records and Patient Information including patient charts and right to privacy issues

- History of the Modern Hospital and common practices such as bleeding and leeching