Well, Doc, It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time!: The Unexpected Adventures of a Trauma Surgeon

ISBN: 1719944598

Author: Waymack M.D., J. Paul

Condition: New

CELEBRATING MORE THAN 300 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ATOP THE DOCTORS & MEDICINE HUMOR BESTSELLER CHARTS!In 1976, Paul Waymack began chronicling his experience as a third-year medical student. For the next 20 years, he kept a journal filled with crazy stories of unusual patients, unforgettable encounters, and international espionage.Some of them, hes the first to admit, seem unbelievable. Chasing a naked patient around the ER parking lot in the middle of the night . . . Constructing a horse sling for a 700-pound patient . . . Treating a patient who swallowed a cigarette lighter . . . Serving as a major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Cold War on orders of the president with a KGB agent tailing him all throughout the Soviet Union.Well, Doc is a captivating medical memoir filled with funny anecdotes, heartwarming moments, and candid insights into the world of medicine. Every one of them, true.With scalpel-sharp wit and compassion as deep as the human heart, Dr. Waymack reveals the hilarious, heartbreaking, and often unbelievable realities of life as a burn surgeon. Prepare to be entertained, enlightened, and utterly charmed by this unforgettable memoir.