{"product_id":"the-emergency","title":"The Emergency - A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago ER","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe riveting, pulse-pounding story of a year in the life of an emergency room doctor trying to steer his patients and colleagues through a crushing pandemic and a violent summer, amidst a healthcare system that seems determined to leave them behind\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gripping . . . eloquent . . . This book reminds us how permanently interesting our bodies are, especially when they go wrong.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs an emergency room doctor working on the rapid evaluation unit, Dr. Thomas Fisher has about three minutes to spend with the patients who come into the South Side of Chicago ward where he works before directing them to the next stage of their care. Bleeding: three minutes. Untreated wound that becomes life-threatening: three minutes. Kidney failure: three minutes. He examines his patients inside and out, touches their bodies, comforts and consoles them, and holds their hands on what is often the worst day of their lives. Like them, he grew up on the South Side; this is his community and he grinds day in and day out to heal them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough twenty years of clinical practice, time as a White House fellow, and work as a healthcare entrepreneur, Dr. Fisher has seen firsthand how our country’s healthcare system can reflect the worst of society: treating the poor as expendable in order to provide top-notch care to a few. In \u003ci\u003eThe Emergency,\u003c\/i\u003e Fisher brings us through his shift, as he works with limited time and resources to treat incoming patients. And when he goes home, he remains haunted by what he sees throughout his day. The brutal wait times, the disconnect between hospital executives and policymakers and the people they're supposed to serve, and the inaccessible solutions that could help his patients. To cope with the relentless onslaught exacerbated by the pandemic, Fisher begins writing letters to patients and colleagues—letters he will never send—explaining it all to them as best he can.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs fast-paced as an ER shift, \u003ci\u003eThe Emergency \u003c\/i\u003ehas all the elements that make doctors’ stories so compelling—the high stakes, the fascinating science and practice of medicine, the deep and fraught interactions between patients and doctors, the persistent contemplation of mortality. And, with the rare dual perspective of somebody who also has his hands deep in policy work, Fisher connects these human stories to the sometimes-cruel machinery of care. Beautifully written, vulnerable and deeply empathetic, \u003ci\u003eThe Emergency \u003c\/i\u003eis a call for reform that offers a fresh vision of health care as a foundation of social justice.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51306065559840,"sku":"9780593230695","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9780593230695.jpg?v=1772768699","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/the-emergency","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}