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    Critical Care
    Critical Care
    Critical Care
    Audiobook11 hours

    Critical Care

    Written by Richard Dooling

    Narrated by Richard Ferrone

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    About this audiobook

    When Dr. Ernst stands in the center of the ICU, surrounded on all sides by computer terminals and cardiac monitors, he imagines he is on the bridge of the starship Enterprise, a guardian of unknown galaxies. But by 3:00 a.m. the space fantasy has dissipated into the air like so much ether, leaving behind only a profound and desperate desire for sleep. The needs of Ernst's patients are as endless as his round of duty. Their lives are mere blips on the VDT console, their last bids for fading life sound as alarm bells in the night.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 21, 2011
    ISBN9781461810100
    Critical Care
    Author

    Richard Dooling

    Richard Dooling is a writer and a lawyer. His second novel, White Man's Grave, was a finalist for the National Book Award, and he has also been a finalist for a National Magazine Award. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, among many other publications. He lives with his wife and children in Omaha, and commutes online to Bryan Cave, LLP, in St Louis, where he specializes in developing Web-based legal products.

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    • 5/5
      Great book, it will be a great introduction for junior residents who decided to join critical care fellowship