Second-hand book "Stories from the Intensive Care Unit" [90% new, no cover]

Introduction · · · · · ·
◆First aid guide for ordinary people written by frontline doctors in intensive care units

◆Recounting the scientific leaps in the history of critical care medicine, telling how humans survived in the darkest moments

◆Since its birth, the intensive care unit has saved the lives of about 500 million people. It is the place closest to death and the last line of defense for life.

◆Why does the human immune system attack itself? Why does insomnia seriously affect health? If a family member suffers from cardiac arrest, what should we do first? In a critical moment, these health common sense may save your life.

◆Can machines replace doctors in the future? Why is scientific research so important for treating patients? Are all people really equal in terms of medical resources? Doctors in intensive care units not only have to face the real pain of patients, but also face more complex social and ethical problems.

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【Content Introduction】

A critical condition usually means that one or more of the patient's vital organs are not functioning normally.

An 18-year-old boy developed severe sepsis after being infected in a foreign country. Can he survive?

A judge suddenly fell to the ground during the trial, with no heartbeat or breathing. Was he really "dead"?

A pregnant mother suffers from severe heart failure. Can she and her baby get through this safely?

After the operation, the patient's originally 5-meter-long intestine only had 20 centimeters left. Will she be able to eat normally in the future?

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In 1952, a 12-year-old girl whose life was hanging by a thread due to a virus infection was reborn in the world's first intensive care unit. Taking this story as a starting point, Matt Morgan, a senior intensive care unit doctor, tells the historical evolution and scientific development behind critical care medicine. With the help of the above real cases encountered in his career, Dr. Morgan gradually helps us understand the daily operation of the intensive care unit, deeply understand the functions and mysteries of different organs in the human body, and tell us how to save others or ourselves at the critical moment of life and death.

An ICU doctor usually needs to master 13,000 disease diagnoses, 6,000 drugs and 4,000 surgical procedures. What is a thrilling moment for ordinary people is what they experience every minute and every second.

The medical team in the intensive care unit did their best to help patients through the darkest moments of their lives. Many patients eventually recovered and were discharged from the hospital, while others who unfortunately passed away were not forgotten. It was their stories that changed our understanding of death and made us more aware of what life really means.

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【Evaluation and recommendation】

Every medical worker has witnessed the joys and sorrows of life, and the stories that take place in the intensive care unit are often the most shocking. Starting with this book, let us step into the world of critical care medicine.

——Yang Yanli (Attending Physician, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital)

A gripping and realistic portrait of an intensive care unit, it reminds us how fragile life is. Filled with humility and insight, ICU Stories offers a glimpse into the world of medicine where lives are saved every day.

- Dame Sue Black (renowned forensic anthropologist and vice-chancellor of Lancaster University)

Matt Morgan writes beautifully and movingly about the brink of life and death. Filled with vivid examples and insights, his book draws attention to the valuable human experience on the front lines of medicine.

--Ganesh Suntaralingam (Anesthesiologist, President of the UK Intensive Care Society)

We are undoubtedly lucky to have someone as dedicated, thoughtful, and humble as Dr. Morgan on the front lines of emergency medicine, and even more fortunately, he is also a writer who has captured the excitement, sadness, glory, and even exasperation of his job.

——Peter Brindley (Professor of Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Medical Ethics, University of Alberta, Canada)

This inspiring book, with its wisdom and compassion, can help us better understand this unique moment.

—The Times

About the Author
Matt Morgan is chief physician in critical care medicine at the University Hospital of Wales and honorary senior researcher at Cardiff University. He has worked in several major hospitals in the UK and Australasia.

When the COVID-19 outbreak broke out in the UK, Dr. Morgan published a letter in the British Medical Journal titled "A Letter from the Intensive Care Unit". In the letter, he told the public that the medical staff in the intensive care unit never forgot the elderly, the weak and those with health problems. He wrote: "If all medical treatments fail, we will be with you and your family. We will be honest, we will hold your hand, and we will always be here. We will change the treatment goals, and more importantly, we will not give up treatment. We have not forgotten you." The letter received countless reposts and likes on social platforms, and the related TV news reports were played more than 2 million times.