I have had this book for years and hate to give it up. I have read it many times. I have laughed many times and even read parts to my husband, because it is so funny. It is in good condition.
A fictional account of a doctor's training in emergency medicine at a hospital in the Southwest and the various cast of co-workers who make the ER run. The book is gritty and realistic. While I expected it to be hopelessly out of date (published in 1983) it wasn't, as the systems in place back then were remarkably similar to those being used today. One of the main characters is a drug-using, drug-seeking, addict, which I did not care for. Some of the more gruesome descriptions of events seemed included for their shock value, rather than their probative value.
