Did you know that there were over 130 million visits to emergency rooms in the the United States just this past year? It's hard to find someone who hasn't spent the dreaded several hours there, either as a patient or accompanying a loved one. Yet, for most people, the ER is an enigma captured only by brief glimpses from their own experiences or perhaps from glamorized TV shows. Are you ready for a deep look, inside the ER? This book will unveil the mystery, from the prospective of a real emergency doctor practicing in a busy city ER. This is a collection of diary entries made after working shifts, taking place over a one-year period. You will learn what is actually going through the doctor's mind when a patient presents. Loaded with touching, frustrating and sometimes disgusting true stories, this book is brutally honest about the current state of disarray of the US healthcare system, and how the ER is the crucible where these problems are most likely to boil over. Welcome to my diERy.