Cook County ICU

Doctor Cory Feldman, director of intensive care services at the Cook County hospital in Chicago is the author of Cook County ICU: Thirty years of  Unforgettable Patients And Odd Cases. This is a book for people in the health care industry and for people, like me, interested in the health care industry. The author's father also worked as a doctor in this hospital so I would have to say he knows this hospital well.  These stories happened mostly between the 1970's and the 1990's which includes the beginning of the Aids epidemic. Dr. Feldman treated some of those early Aids patients who came in with Karposi's sarcomas. He successfully treated one persson with ricin poisoning. The author has a sense of humor and isn't afraid to poke fun at his own mistakes. Sometimes doctors can be cruel and haze the new doctors who are just starting out. Sometimes he had to treat angry, intimidating gang members. He learned not to look at them in the eyes. I enjoyed reading this book.