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MASH by Otto F. Apel & Pat Apel
An Army Surgeon in Korea
When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly that he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland. In addition to his own story, Apel answers the questions anyone interested in a "Mash" unit would ask: What were the operating conditions like? What was a typical work load? What level of care did patients get? How did the doctors, nurses, and enlisted personnel get along? And, perhaps most obviously, how realistic was the TV series? Along the way, he tells the history of the MASH and the appalling lack of training received by the newly drafted doctors staffing those units. He also reveals many significant medical innovations in emergency medical care, from advances in arterial repair to the use of blood plasma in the treatment of hemorrhagic shock. |
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| Author(s) : | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0813120705 | ISBN-13 : 9780813120706 |
| RRP : £17.95 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United States
Publication Date : 30/11/1998
Publisher : The University Press of Kentucky
Page Length : 248mm
Page Size : 230mm