
Cook County ICU
30 Years of Unforgettable Patients and Odd Cases
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Narrated by:
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John Pruden
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By:
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Cory Franklin MD
Filled with stories of strange medical cases and unforgettable patients culled from a 30-year career in medicine, Cook County ICU offers listeners a peek into the inner workings of a hospital. Author Cory Franklin, MD, who headed the hospital's intensive care unit from the 1970s through the 1990s, shares his most unique and bizarre experiences, including the deadly Chicago heatwave of 1995, treating the first AIDS patients in the country before the disease was diagnosed, the nurse with rare Munchausen syndrome, the only surviving ricin victim, and the professor with Alzheimer's hiding the effects of the wrong medication. Surprising, darkly humorous, heartwarming, and sometimes tragic, these stories provide a big-picture look at how the practice of medicine has changed over the years, making it a must-listen for patients, doctors, and anyone with an interest in medicine.
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Interesting stories but hard to get past the ego
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Enjoyable
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Good Read
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Like most all doctors, he forgets to discuss health care and discusses only medical care. The realm of Public Health includes preventive care which is highly discouraged nowadays. It’s hard to monetize prevention and it causes much lost revenue to the medical industry downstream. Whereas rescue medicine has progressed rapidly, nutritional healthcare has digressed and devolved. A century ago, countries competed and cooperated to stop nutritional deficiencies which caused much illness and lost life. By the 1980s, organized medicine along with the Food and Drug Industry decided that nutritional and Vitamin D deficiency perpetuated and accelerated diseases that they profited from and have ever since discouraged doctors (etc) from helping patients prevent deficiencies. Hence, the hard won gains of the first half century more than eroded. Food Industry intentionally strips nutrients from processed food and sneaks in empty and high glycemic calories (hint: flour is even worse than sugar) to fatten our livers. Some of this can be easily fixed individually with Vitamin D and vitamin and mineral supplements after self education. (Especially Magnesium and possibly zinc, chromium. Calcium, potassium and maybe iron are often low but should be in food.). Much more can be improved with the complex process of learning to eat well. And of course, stop staring at this screen, get outside and exercise.
Kinda dry, a few highlights and 1 missed point
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Good listen and good stories
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Cook County ICU
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Fascinating book by an intensive care doctor
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Fascinating insight into the medical world
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Very entertaining!
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Interesting!!!
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