50 Flights - A Physician's Coming of Age

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Strap into the Jump Seat for a flight

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Strap into the jump seat and come along for a hair raising adventure. Life as a flight physician pushes emotions to the limits. http://www.amazon.com/50-Flights-Physicians-Coming-Age-ebook/dp/B00K5VNXEE

Transcript of 50 Flights - A Physician's Coming of Age

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Strap into the Jump Seat for a flight

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50 Flights A Physician's Coming of Age deals

with the topic of trauma, not on a medical level, but on a basic, personal, emotional level from a medical caregiver's standpoint.

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Trauma Trauma does not

discriminate Trauma is the

leading cause of death of young people. I won't bore you with the statistics.

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50 Flights I do it because someone has to, and I like

to think I am pretty good at it. I do it because I care. I do it because, for all my faults, God has given me a degree of talent and intelligence, and I think my gift in return is doing what I do. I don't think I'm special; I just think I am very fortunate.

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Life Altering Drama Unfolds The scene was

chaotic at best Five patients were

critically injured, one deceased and one ejected

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Knowing Your Why You see, it really isn't

where one comes from; it’s what they are about.

It boils down to drive, passion, and a willingness to go beyond what's expected.

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Children are the Hardest Our only purpose that

day was the precious cargo on the floor in the back seat.

That six-year-old somehow had survived the impact and was still breathing. His injuries were critical.

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Hot Summer Nights

“The wise learn from adversity;

The foolish repeat it.”

~Proverb

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An Unexpected Visitor The doors slid open

with a familiar blast of cold air from the mid-winter night, rushing in to greet us with its icy tongue. Sitting on the stretcher was a….

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