In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope

A first person account from a young critical care physician describes how toward the end of her medical training she suddenly became a patient fighting for her own life, revealing how her experiences exposed her to flaws in today s care standards and how to better embrace the emotional bond between doctor and patient.A first person account from a young critical care physician describes how toward the end of her medical training she suddenly became a patient fighting for her own life, revealing how her experiences exposed her to flaws in today s care standards.A riveting first hand account of a physician who s suddenly a dying patient and her revelation of the horribly misguided standard of care in the medical worldDr Rana Awdish never imagined that an emergency trip to the hospital would result in hemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her unborn first child But after her first visit, Dr Awdish spent months fighting for her life, enduring consecutive major surgeries and experiencing multiple overlapping organ failures At each step of the recovery process, Awdish was faced with something even unexpected repeated cavalier behavior from her fellow physicians indifference following human loss, disregard for anguish and suffering, and an exacting emotional distance.Hauntingly perceptive and beautifully written, In Shock allows the reader to transform alongside Awidsh and watch what she discovers in our carefully cultivated, yet often misguided, standard of care Awdish comes to understand the fatal flaws in her profession and in her own past actions as a physician while achieving, through unflinching presence, a crystalline vision of a new and better possibility for us all.As Dr Awdish finds herself up against the same self protective partitions she was trained to construct as a medical student and physician, she artfully illuminates the dysfunction of disconnection Shatteringly personal, and yet wholly universal, she offers a brave road map for anyone navigating illness while presenting physicians with a new paradigm and rationale for embracing the emotional bond between doctor and patient. Download In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope – kino-fada.fr This was an unexpected book that landed on my doorstep from the publisher.I had no idea of this book, no idea it was arriving so an unsolicited copy for me to read I thought I d pick this up over the weekend and flick through it But I ended up reading this from cover to cover A doctor who ends up being a patient.Let me copy and paste what developed in this doctors young body.QuoteHELLP syndrome is a complication of pregnancy characterized by hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and a low This was an unexpected book that landed on my doorst...As a physician, this is the perfect reminder that what seems routine to us, is someone s very worst day And we have the power to connect and offerthan just modern medicine Another reminder of how important word...The doctor became the patient when Awdish, seven months pregnant, was rushed into emergency surgery with excruciating pain due to severe hemorrhaging into the space around her liver Initially diagnosed as HELLP, an often fatal liver syndrome that affects 1% of pregnant woman, her condition was later explained by a ruptured liver tumor Her unborn daughter didn t survive, and she nearly died herself It was as if she was hovering in the upper corner of the operating room, watching her body being The doctor became the patient when Awdish, seven months pregnant, was rushed into emergency surgery with excruciating pain due...This author s journey begins when she becomes a critically ill patient and gains a new perspective on how doctors are trained to do their jobs and the flaws in that education The story is very readable despite the many medical terms and procedures described The author s experiences are harrowing, but she describes them clearly, sometimes with humor and usually with words that a non medical person can understand.How I wishdoctors would figure out what she figured out after she almost died This author s journey begins when she becomes a critically ill patient and gains a new perspective on how doctors are trained to do their jobs and the flaws in that education The story is very readable despite the many medical terms and procedures described The author s experiences are harrowing, but she describes them clearly, sometimes with humor and usually with words that a non medical person can understand.How ...Medicine cannot heal in a vacuum it requires connection p 3.There is something powerful about seeing a situation from a very different perspective than has been habitual as Rana Awdish does in In Shock My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope Having been ill is not enough to ensure empathy as it could easily lead to being triggered by illness or feeling superior or any of a number of things but it can be helpful Lemonade from lemons and all that My guess Medicine cannot heal in a vacuum it requires connection p 3.There is something powerful about seeing a situation from a very different perspective than has been habitual as Rana Awdish does in In Shock My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope Having been ill is not enough to ensure empathy as it could easily lead to being triggered by illness or feeling superior or any of a number of things but it can be helpful Lemonade from lemons and all that My guess is that Awdish was a sensitive and empathic physician even before her almost fatal illness Nonetheless, her experience of being severely ill for eight years further sensitized her, as she heard physicians and nurses say things to her that were far from compassionate She s circling the drain She s been trying to die on us That was a really bad night for me Your kidneys aren t cooperating It wasn t my call You should hold the baby I don t mean to get graphic, but after a few days in the morgue their skin starts t...It s not just hope that propels this memoir I agree with the subtitle that its redemptive power surges through this story, offering a vital trajectory that both physician and patient can traverse together But you don t get to that redemption without trudging through murkier waters, and Dr Awdish deftly steers readers patients, doctors, caregivers all of us through that journey She unflinchingly approaches shame and guilt and feelings of worthlessness When she describes how doctors are It s not just hope that propels this memoir I agree with the subtitle that its redemptive power surges through this story, offering a vital trajectory that both physician and patient can traverse together But you don t get to that redemption without trudging through murkier waters, and Dr Awdish deftly steers readers patients, doctors, caregivers all of us through that journey She unflinchingly approaches shame and guilt and feelings of worthlessness When she describes ...This was a beautifully poetic memoir chronicling a doctors journey to the brink of death I initially believed this to be some kind of quasi religious epiphany but in actual fact the authors spirituality is not the focal point of her book I found this memoir so difficult to put down and caught myself thinking of it even when I wasn t reading The author highlights the difficult transition from doctor to patient and how she comes to realise that even the smallest interactions leave a lasting This was a beautifully poetic memoir chronicling a doctors journey to the brink of death I initially believed this to be some kind of quasi religious epiphany but in actual fact the authors spirituality is not the focal point of her book I found this memoir so difficult to put down and caught myself thinking of it even when I wasn t reading The author highlights the difficult transition from doctor to patient and how she comes to realise that even the smallest interactions leave a lasting impression on those under her care Seeing first hand what her patients go through is her greatest lesson and something whic...This is a book I wish physicians in training were given to read and to discuss Awdish s tragedy the loss of her child is a teaching point for other physicians even as she is trying to process what has happened Her illness and recovery are amazing be aware that she does not spare us details of what are sometimes difficult medical and personal issues If you ve ever thought that doctors have it better when they are hospitalized or treated, this book will make you think again The language is This is a book I wish physicians in training were given to read and to discuss Awdish s tragedy the loss of her child is a teaching point for other physicians even as she is trying to process what has happened Her illness and recovery are amazing be aware that she does not spare us details of what are sometimes difficult medical and personal issues If you ve ever thought that doctors have it better when they are hospitalized or treated, this book will make you think again...Well I really wish reviewers would stop saying a must read for those in the medical field I have been an ICU nurse for almost 15 years The majority of nurses already have the compassion that lots of doctors lack Often we pick up the pieces after the doctor delivers devastating news We interpret medical jargon into layman s terms after the doctor leaves the room The list goes on and on I found the book rather lacking It felt repetitive in that she tells readers the same message over and Well I really wish reviewers would stop saying a must read for those in the medical field I have been an ICU nurse for almost 15 years The majority of nurses already have the compassion that lots of doctors lack Often we pick up the pieces after the doctor delivers...One of the last things that Dr Rana Awdish remembers hearing was we re losing her She was on the surgical table at the hospital where she worked, and had gone into multisystem organ failure That she survived was a miracle, and her recovery was long, with many setbacks She recounts her medical treatment from the standpoint of knowing how medicine should work and why it sometimes doesn t She writes about the lack of empathy from clinicians, miscommunication among hospital staff and absolute One of the last things that Dr Rana Awdish remembers hearing was we re losing her She was on the surgical table at the hospital where she worked, and had gone into multisystem organ failure That she survived was a miracle, and her recovery was long, with many setbacks She recounts her medical treatment from the standpoint of knowing how medicine should work and why it sometimes doesn t She writes...

• English
• 20 May 2018
Rana Awdish
• Hardcover
• 272 pages
• 1250119219
• Rana Awdish
• In Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope