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The universe is not a mechanical system of matter - it operates like a cosmic network that runs on and is connected by information. Information "in-forms" and underlies all of the physical world, including the human body. In this book, Pier Mario Biava, MD, and Ervin Laszlo, PhD, show how this "information" worldview can be applied to healing and medicine and, specifically, how it underlies a revolutionary new approach to cancer and disease treatment, one that works directly with the epigenetic code - the information that programs the function and growth of every living cell.

Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encounter trauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor. This audiobook details a progression from innocence to enlightened caregiver to burnout, glimpsing into each stage personally and professionally.

Sarah Thebarge, a Yale-trained physician assistant, nearly died of breast cancer at age 27, but that did not end her deeply felt spiritual calling to medical missions in Africa. Risking her own health, she moved to Togo, West Africa - ranked by the United Nations as the least happy country in the world - to care for sick and suffering patients. Serving without pay in a mission hospital, she pondered the intersection of faith and medicine in her quest to help make the world "well".

I’ve put together an audiobook filled with true stories of my 30 years’ experience working as a paramedic, firefighter, rescue diver, and flight medic. Many of them are tragic with some dark humor mixed in. If you're looking for cute kitten stories, this is not the audiobook for you. However, if you want a glimpse into the real world of what it’s like to be a firefighter and paramedic, look no further.

Ein authentischer Einblick in den Alltag einer Notärztin - im Hörbuch von der Autorin selbst gelesen. Carola Holzner arbeitet in einer Notaufnahme und ist als Notärztin im Einsatz. Nirgendwo sonst ist die Grenze so schmal zwischen Glück und Unglück, Hoffnung und Segen. Leben und Tod. Sekunden entscheiden. Ein Herzschlag entscheidet. Und im besten Fall schlägt das Herz des Arztes für den Patienten. Carola Holzners Herz schlägt vor allem für die Menschen, sie ist als Fachärztin für Anästhesie, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin unermüdlich im Einsatz.

It's hard to talk about death in America. But even though the topic has been taboo, life's end is an eventual reality. So why not shape it to our values? Finish Strong is for those of us who want an end-of-life experience to match the life we've enjoyed. We know we should prepare, but are unsure how to think and talk about it, how to live true to our values and priorities, and how to make our wishes stick.

After four decades of training volunteers to sit at the bedsides of the dying, psychologist and Shanti founder Charles Garfield has created an essential guide for friends and families who want to offer comfort and ease their loved ones' final days. Life's Last Gift is an indispensable emotional lifeline to hand to the grief-stricken, offering compassionate, practical advice on reaffirming connection and acquiring skills to be of the greatest service to those at the end of life. By focusing on the reciprocal and healing relationship between the living and the dying, which continues until the last breath, Garfield offers a path toward clarity and wholeness, and even growth.

If you have always wanted to know how to handle emergency situations off grid, but never had the information or confidence then keep reading...What would you do if someone in your group broke a leg? Half-drowned? Got electrocuted? Cut off a finger? Got a serious disease? Do you finally want to be prepared for emergencies and aliments while off grid? Knowing how to deal with an injury in the moment could mean the difference between a lifelong disfigurement and a total recovery. Even if you’re an experienced off gridder.

You’ve tried it all: medicines, doctor’s visits, scans, and a range of other alternatives. Now that you’re desperate, you’re thinking of CBD, but you don’t want to become a junky, right? This is the only comprehensive guide to CBD oil you’ll ever need. For starters, using CBD oil won’t make you a junky. It can be your best friend during your time of pain, confusion, and trauma. It puts you in control of your health, life, and happiness. Begin your journey with CBD oil the right way, learning about everything from its past to production — from case studies to benefits.

Get a glimpse inside the inner workings of an Emergency Department and the staff that works there, caring for patients and their families. From a toddler who can cuss a blue streak, a dead mouse brought into the Emergency Department, to critical resuscitations, these are stories that you will never forget.

Caregivers need clinical training so they can triage mental health problems in ways that promote post-traumatic growth. In this audiobook, the concepts of moral injury, religious coping, and crisis intervention are discussed with the aim of equipping caregivers to engage with mental health issues. A guiding light is personal, pastoral experience as an emergency room chaplain.

In der Notaufnahme zeigt sich, worauf es wirklich ankommt! Sie verändert den Blick aufs Leben. Keine halben Sachen. Die Notärztin Carola Holzner spricht Klartext. Dabei bleibt sie immer sie selbst mit Blick auf die, für die ihr Herz schlägt: ihre Patientinnen und Patienten und deren Schicksale. Sie berichtet von Menschen, die alle auf ihre Art bewegen: Die alleinerziehende Mutter, die eine lebenswichtige Operation verweigert, aus Angst ihren Job zu verlieren. Der verzweifelte Vater, der selbst dem Tod seiner kleinen Tochter einen Sinn geben will, indem er junge Ärzte aufrüttelt.

El mundo esta cambiando y hemos entrado en una nueva era debido a la pandemia de COVID-19. El mundo sigue cambiando y ya nada es seguro. Es necesario volver a la naturaleza para complementar y complementar la medicina moderna en tiempos como estos. Esto puede ayudarte a sobrevivir en tiempos dificiles. La medicina natural es una practica antigua y ha sido practicada por muchas culturas durante miles de anos. Funciona y puede usarse junto con la medicina moderna. Este libro te ayudara a aprender todo lo que necesitas saber para iniciarte en la medicina natural.

Today, knowledge and understanding of prehospital emergency medicine and disabilities is limited. This valuable text is a new resource to start a discussion about the need to include disability education in EMT and paramedic curricula. EMS Response to Patients with Special Needs: Assessment, Treatment and Transport is the first comprehensive resource of its kind to address the emergency prehospital needs of people with disabilities.

A Day in the Life of an Ambulance Driver is a collection of stories told from the viewpoint of the author during his time as an EMT, paramedic, and Navy Corpsman. These stories are based on real-life situations, and told with attention to detail in an attempt to help the listener visualize the experience for him or her self.

Go behind the scenes of popular music festivals with the medical professionals who risk it all to keep everyone safe. From intoxicated teens to patients in porta-potties, discover the hidden, often hilarious, side of music festivals from the points of view of dedicated EMTs and paramedics. Written by lawyer-turned-paramedic Jim Bollenbacher, this lighthearted collection of stories provides an inside view of the world of music festival medicine.

Wellness has been defined in broad strokes for centuries - until now. This book clarifies a holistic perspective of what it means to be healthy while revealing common roadblocks to resilience and the resources needed to resist each one. Using personal stories and a diverse array of peer-reviewed behavioral, psychological, and organizational research, the authors present an evidence-based model for building physical, psychological, cognitive, emotional, financial, spiritual, social, and professional capital.

Explore what local heroes do who stay ready 24 hours a day to protect and serve us from harm’s way.

When Joanne Jacobson’s writing about her mother’s respiratory illness was interrupted by her own diagnosis with a rare blood disorder, she found her perspective profoundly altered. Every Last Breath follows these two chronic illnesses as they grow unexpectedly intertwined. Rejecting a fixed, retrospective point of view and the forward-moving trajectory of conventional memoir, Jacobson brings the reader to the emotionally raw present - where potentially fatal illness and “end of life” both remain, emphatically, life.

Industry leaders who read any of the three prior editions of Streetsense over the years (starting in 1986) often say it had a huge impact on their street careers. This fourth edition still addresses the triad of communication, safety, and control, but it also reflects the evolution of the emergency-care industry since the arrival of the millennium: Computers and cellphones, social media, active shooters, and much, much more. This audiobook offers emergency providers methods for managing all sorts of situations safely and effectively.