Title: Paradise General : riding the surge at a combat hospital in Iraq /
Authors: Hnida, Dave.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Hnida, Dave.; Hnida, Dave.; Iraq War, 2003-2011; Hospitals, Military; History, 21st Century; Military Medicine; General Surgery; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Medical care.; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Hospitals.; Surgeons United States Biography; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Personal narratives, American; Military hospitals Iraq History; Medicine, Military Iraq History; Counterinsurgency Iraq History; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Participation, American.; Military Medicine United States Personal Narratives.; History, 21st Century United States Personal Narratives.; Hospitals, Military United States History Personal Narratives.; Iraq War, 2003-2011 United States Personal Narratives.; United States; Iraq; Iraq.; United States.
Abstract: The author recounts his experiences as a physician in Iraq after volunteering to work as a surgeon with a combat unit in 2004 and as trauma chief at a busy Combat Support Hospital in 2007, with anecdotes about his chaotic caseload and adaptation to a military atmosphere.
Contents: I'm not a soldier but I played one in Iraq -- Which end do the bullets come out? -- Camp Boring -- Paradise General Hospital -- First day of school -- Hot tamale -- The tug-of-war -- "A picture is worth a thousand tears" -- Dear kids -- Rebels with a cause -- Anatomy of a trauma -- Sick call Sunday -- Dante's infirmary -- Death of an American soldier -- Family ties -- Suicide isn't painless -- Blursday -- The guns of August -- The wounded wore aftershave -- Tale of two brothers -- You shoot 'em, you own 'em -- Dog kennels -- Last tango in Tikrit -- Hero's welcome.