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Confessions of Emergency Room Doctors [Paperback]

Rocky Lang (Author), Erick Montero (Author)
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September 1, 2007
Rocky Lang and Dr. Erick Montero offer up more than 200 firsthand accounts of emergency room dramas, along with bizarre and insightful medical facts and stats, all inside Confessions of Emergency Room Doctors. Broken up into easy-reading sections, sample entries include:

Strange Disease Fact: A melcryptovestimentaphilliac is someone who compulsively steals ladies underwear.

Dr. Brown, Chicago Hospital, writes: "A woman came into the ER, ready to give birth, followed by her husband and about ten kids. Their last name was King. We took her to the operating room and soon I came out and announced that he was the proud father of a baby boy–I told him his wife said that he should name the little one. Mr. King scratched his head and said, "Gee I just don't know, I've just about used up all the names I can think of." He glanced up at a sign that read, "No Smoking." "That's it," he says, "I'll name him Nosmo-Nosmo King."



Product Details

  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (September 1, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0740768638
  • ISBN-13: 978-0740768637
  • Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,050,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rocky Lang is the author of five books. He is also a producer, director and writer in Hollywood. Lang has produced films such as White Squall directed by Ridley Scott, the Emmy Award winning Titanic, The Lifetime Image Award nominated movie, Racing For Time and he has directed three features and series television. Check out Rocky at www.rockylang.com for more information.

 

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2.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother reading this, December 22, 2008
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I enjoy reading every book that comes out that contains stories, anecdotes, etc. told by doctors and other medical professionals. I especially like the humorous ones which is what I expected this book to be. What a huge disappointment! A large portion of the "stories" have already been told at least once in other books. Another large portion of the stories are simply not interesting or funny.

To top it off, the author even admits at the beginning of the book that he can't vouch for the authenticity of the stories! He doesn't know which are real and which are just jokes or folklore. So essentially, he put together a collection of stories from various sources without doing any research as to their accuracy and without reading similar books written before to check for repetitiveness.

The book is unoriginal, uninspired, and a waste of time and money. I gave up less than halfway through. The only reason I gave it 2 stars is because there were at least a handful of mildly funny stories I hadn't heard before.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and Games in the ER!, December 16, 2008
This review is from: Confessions of Emergency Room Doctors (Paperback)
Humor is where you find it. In the case of CONFESSIONS OF EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTORS, authors Rocky Lang and Erick Montero found it in emergency rooms and hospitals across the globe. Lang and Montero's book is a collection of short stories featuring medical goofs, gaffes, weird experiences and even weirder patients. Perfectly priced at $9.95, it will leave you alternately laughing, chuckling or shaking your head in amazement.

CONFESSIONS OF EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTORS includes sections on strange patients/occurrences in the ER, medical slang, poorly written medical records, medical acronyms, strange doctor names, medical news from around the world and medical facts.

A sampler of what awaits the reader:
ER PATIENTS: A 46-year old man comes into the ER with a burned ear and cheek. He had been watching the Stanley Cup while his wife was doing the ironing close to the phone. Yup, you got it! Phone rings, guy reaches over, grabs the iron and...
MEDICAL RECORDS: "She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until she got a divorce."
STRANGE DOCTOR NAMES: Dr. Dick Dick.
MEDICAL SLANG: "Circling the Drain" (i.e expected to die soon).

While CONFESSIONS OF EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTORS isn't a mandatory purchase, it is fun, informative, sometimes unbelievable and occasionally disgusting. I thought it was a hoot. Recommended.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Worth reading!, November 2, 2008
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This book was definitely worth reading if you are into ER stories. I work in the Er and enjoyed it very much.
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