HURT: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care by Catherine Musemeche, M.D. Genre: Medicine / Medical History Date of Publication: Sep 6, 2016 Publisher: ForeEdge # of pages: 268 The heroic story of the invention of trauma care, from battlefield triage to level 1 trauma centers. Trauma is a disease of epidemic proportions that preys on the young, killing more Americans up to age thirty-seven than all other afflictions combined. Every year an estimated 2.8 million people are hospitalized for injuries and more than 180,000 people die. We take for granted that no matter how or where we are injured, someone will call 911 and trained first responders will show up to insert IVs, stop the bleeding, and swiftly deliver us to a hospital staffed by doctors and nurses with the expertise necessary to save our lives. None of this happened on its own. Told through the eyes of a surgeon who has flown on rescue helicopters, resuscitated patients in trauma centers in Houston and Chicago, and operated on hundreds of trauma victims of all ages, Hurt takes us on a tour of the advancements in injury treatment from the battlefields of the Civil War to the state-of-the-art trauma centers of today. CLICK TO PURCHASE: Book People * IndieBound * Amazon * Barnes & Noble About the AuthorDr. Catherine Musemeche is a pediatric surgeon, attorney and author who lives in Austin, Texas. She was born and raised in Orange, Texas and attended Lutcher Stark High School. She is a graduate of the University of Texas in Austin, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston, The Anderson School of Management in Albuquerque, New Mexico and The University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas. Dr. Musemeche is a former surgery professor at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, the MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute and the University of New Mexico where she was the Chief of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Trauma. She currently works in the field of regulatory medicine. In addition to publishing extensively in the medical literature, Dr. Musemeche has been a guest contributor to the New York Times. Her writing has also been published on NPR.org, KevinMD.com, in the anthology At the End of Life: True Stories About How We Die and in the Journal of Creative Nonfiction. Her first book, Small: Life and Death on the Front Lines of Pediatric Surgery was nominated for the Pen American/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Award and was awarded the Writer’s League of Texas Discovery Prize for nonfiction. Her second book, Hurt: The Inspiring, Untold Story of Trauma Care will be published in September of this year. Author Links * TWITTER * WEBSITE * My ReviewI went into this book hesitant and came out with a bewonderment that I can only imagine the author held while creating this. The entire story holds quotes and referenced facts, but it reads like you are sitting down in the author’s living room as she spills her heart about her passion and respect towards this field of study. The entire book reads like a comforting tale, but is extremely educational. I am the only one in my family that is not in the medical field and I am very excited to confront them with some of these stories into the history of their field and watch their minds blow. I am the most squeamish person which hints at my hesitancy to read a trauma care based book. It stayed clean, not being overly descriptive during some of the trauma care examples, so those in the same situation as me have no reason to be hesitant. I loved the direction this book took. It did not just focus on the outward appearance and stereotypical aspects of a trauma care, but it brought up the blood and guts (sometimes literally) of what brought it to where it is today. It touched on anywhere from the intertwining of wars and medical breakthroughs to seatbelts and airbags in cars. I looked towards this subject with a different color lenses that made me realize how much I was missing, which brought me a new appreciation towards this field. Thank you for an entertaining, educational read. Check out the other great blogs on the tour! 09/28 - Review - Forgotten Winds 09/29 - Guest Post #1 - Missus Gonzo 09/30 - Excerpt #1 - It's a Jenn World 10/01 - Review - StoreyBook Reviews 10/02 - Promo - Blogging for the Love of Authors and Their Books 10/03 - Author Interview #1 - All for the Love of the Word 10/04 - Review - My Book Fix Blog 10/05 - Guest Post #2 - Byers Editing Reviews & Blog 10/06 - Excerpt #2 - Syd Savvy 10/07 - Review - Reading By Moonlight 10/08 - Author Interview #2 - Kara The Redhead 10/09 - Promo - A Novel Reality 10/10 - Review - Country Girl Bookaholic 10/11 - Guest Post #3 - The Page Unbound 10/12 - Review - Hall Ways Blog |