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The Bullet's Yaw: Reflections on violence, healing and an unforgettable stranger - Couverture souple

Ballard, Dustin

 
9780595476480: The Bullet's Yaw: Reflections on violence, healing and an unforgettable stranger
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595476481 ISBN 13 : 9780595476480
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

Jeffrey Mains was in shock. During a vengeful rampage, a deranged former security guard had fired a hollow point bullet into Mains' truck. The bullet's path through steel slowed its velocity, causing it to tumble sideways when it collided with Mains, a phenomenon that ballistics experts call the "bullet's yaw." The bullet's impact and ensuing yaw were over in a blink, but the effects were profound. Mains' bowel was pierced and leaking, his liver lacerated and one diaphragm ruptured. When the ambulance arrived, Jeffrey Mains was nearly unconscious; he was bleeding internally and desperately needed surgery. He was rushed, lights blazing and sirens calling, to the UC Davis Medical Center. This is where, several weeks and many complications later, he became my patient. During my three-year residency in emergency medicine I treated thousands of patients-strangers such as Jeffrey Mains. Most passed through my life swiftly and their illnesses left but a wisp in my memory. A handful of patients, however, marked me forever. The Bullet's Yaw is the story of one of these unforgettable strangers and what he taught me about life, violence and healing.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Dustin W. Ballard received his MD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his residency training in emergency medicine at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California. Dr. Ballard?s writing credits include co-authorship of the award-winning travel narrative A Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple?s Trial by Trail (Mountaineers Books, 2003) and contributions to Hoops Nation (Owl Books, 1998). He currently works as an emergency physician in Northern California where he lives with his wife Angela, daughter Hayley, and Labrador retriever Gary.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595476481
ISBN 13 
9780595476480
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
70
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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