Bøger af Kerry Hamm

Welcome to a small-town Emergency Room in rural Ohio. While it's true our ER doesn't see the stabbing and gunshot action ERs see in inner cities, we have no shortage of the sad, the scary, the painful, and the just plain dumb. With more than 20 stories, things ER workers want to say to patients, and Emergency Room BINGO, 'A Double Dose of Dilaudid' will take you on a joyride to the funnier side of the ER. See what a bored husband did to get out of a date night with his wife, learn what happens when you try to make your own meth, and read about items men and women have inserted in their bodies.

This Winter edition offers submissions from police officers, nurses, registration staff, paramedics, and other first responders and support staff. These professionals have opened their hearts to submit the sad, the funny, and the 'WTF?!' stories we've all come to love and expect from the series. Included is what author Kerry Hamm calls her 'craziest, most outrageous' submission out of the entire series so far, sure to make you cringe and wonder what the heck was going through the minds of those involved. You know the drill, folks: grab a blanket, some tissues, and get ready for another wild ride!

In this special condensed edition, Kerry Hamm (author of the 'Real Stories from a Small-Town ER' series ) shares stories submitted by ER staff, firefighters, police officers, receptionists, and other first responders and medical professionals. The mixture of funny and heartbreaking submissions will leave you rolling in tears and then sobbing as you reach for tissues.

In this holiday edition of the series, medical professionals and emergency service responders submit stories revolving around Autumn. From Halloween pranks gone terribly wrong to all-out Thanksgiving brawls, Fall is full of fun and shock for readers. With a suicide attempt foiled by gravity, the extremes one person went through to hide that she burned Thanksgiving dinner, and more stupid stunts by college kids, this holiday edition is guaranteed to hit the spot for humor and drama.

The ER never closes, meaning the stories never end! The Real Stories from a Small-Town ER series is back with a condensed book of wild stories about patients doing the unimaginable. Since the last two books were published, patients have taken crazy to a new level, including bringing weapons into the ER and making Facebook's 'Trending News' section. Written by a registration clerk, these are true stories from the first person to see the patients at this small-town hospital in Ohio.

We're back with Volume 11, and it just keeps getting crazier and crazier! In this release, a wife gives an account of her family's horrible day, a lady's man gets the scare of his life, and one nurse shares her creepy-crawly story with readers. Why did medics get dispatched to the drive-in movie theater? Was there REALLY a rat in this psych patient's room? What happens when you get high and try to bake cookies? Don't wait to find out!

It's a 2 for 1, as healthcare professionals, LEOs, and patients share their experiences in this extended 10th volume. How did one RN disrupt a family's grieving process? What caused a hostage situation at this SNF? How did Facebook factor in on this officer's all-available-units call? Learn what a patient brought to rehab, discover how one doctor lost all credibility in front of a patient due to absent-mindedness, nod along with nurses detailing how rude and abusive patients got what they deserved, and cheer for how a group of ICU nurses handled a doc when he refused to return pages.

Kerry Hamm's ninth volume of 'A Collection of Reader-Submitted Medical Stories' is packed with laughter and is sure to keep you entertained. OB staff members write in with their strangest encounters, medics recall embarrassing moments, and nurses vent about frustrating incidents. We learn about even more odd things patients have gotten stuck in their orifices, and we share the laughter and confusion with the healthcare professionals who treated these patients. So, take this book to your nurses lounge to flip through while you're on break (WHAT BREAK?!), read it while you're staging, catch up on all the drama on your day off, or relive all the craziness while you're enjoying your retirement. You WILL laugh as you read firsthand accounts from healthcare professionals who share their experiences as a reminder that you are NOT alone, and you're not losing your mind!

Author of the Real Stories from a Small-Town ER series, Kerry Hamm, brings you a compilation of stories submitted by her amazing readers. There are stories of heroism, miracles, close calls, disgusting things patients have done, and even stories from patients themselves--all that give the Real Stories series a run for its money. Containing submissions from RNs, CNAs, medics, PA-Cs, M.D.s, clinic secretaries, and unit clerks, this compilation of tales will surely pull at your heart strings, make you giggle, and let you know that you are not alone in your struggle to get through another 12-hour shift.

In Volume 14 of A Collection of Reader-Submitted Medical Stories, first responders share their stories of wacky 911 calls, New Year's happenings, and recall runs of days gone by. What happened on scene to cause a medic to leave wearing someone else's clothes? The patient had his ding-dong stuck in WHAT?! A baffled LEO shares the strangest way he's ever seen a patient injure him/herself. This volume is sure to make you laugh until you cry!