Combat doctor : life and death stories from Kandahar's military hospital / Marc Dauphin.
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TextSeries: Read how you want 16Publisher: [Strawberry Hills, NSW] : ReadHowYouWant, [2017]Edition: EasyRead large editionDescription: x, 453 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781525266034; 1525266039Subject(s): Dauphin, Marc | Canada. Canadian Armed Forces -- Medical care | Medicine, Military -- Afghanistan -- History -- 20th century | War -- Medical aspects | Afghan War, 2001- -- Medical care | Afghan War, 2001- -- Personal narratives, Canadian | Physicians -- Canada -- BiographyGenre/Form: Large type books. Summary: BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. An emergency room doctor recounts harrowing stories about his time at a combat hospital in Kandahar. Combat Doctor presents the stories of the victims of the War in Afghanistan, as told by the last Canadian Officer Commanding at the Kandahar Role 3 Multinational Hospital. In 2009, Marc Dauphin, an experienced emergency-room physician, served a full tour at the combat hospital in Kandahar. During his time there, he dealt with injuries more horrific than he had ever seen during his civilian experience. He and the Role 3 Hospital's international staff saw an unparalleled number of severe casualties and yet maintained a survival rate of 97 percent - a record for all times and all wars. It is impossible to remain unmoved by Marc Dauphin's descriptions of those he treated: the terrified children, the stoic soldiers, those mutilated almost beyond help. Each story is powerful, vividly told, and unique.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | 958.10477 DAUI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111072089483 |
Standard print edition first published: 2013.
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BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY. An emergency room doctor recounts harrowing stories about his time at a combat hospital in Kandahar. Combat Doctor presents the stories of the victims of the War in Afghanistan, as told by the last Canadian Officer Commanding at the Kandahar Role 3 Multinational Hospital. In 2009, Marc Dauphin, an experienced emergency-room physician, served a full tour at the combat hospital in Kandahar. During his time there, he dealt with injuries more horrific than he had ever seen during his civilian experience. He and the Role 3 Hospital's international staff saw an unparalleled number of severe casualties and yet maintained a survival rate of 97 percent - a record for all times and all wars. It is impossible to remain unmoved by Marc Dauphin's descriptions of those he treated: the terrified children, the stoic soldiers, those mutilated almost beyond help. Each story is powerful, vividly told, and unique.
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