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But Why? : A Collection of Reader-Submitted Medical Stories
LEOs, RNs, medics, and other healthcare workers (and patients!) continue to share their experiences in Volume 16 of A Collection of Reader-Submitted Medical Stories. You'll giggle when an EMT reveals his/her most prized possession, shake your head at some of the RIDICULOUS behavior seen in the emergency room, and you'll relate to the frustrations and joy healthcare workers across the globe express in their submissions. Special sections within this volume That Darn Cat, DOGgonit!, As Heard on the Scanner, and many more.
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258 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 17, 2019
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Some of these I shouldn't have laughed 🤭 😂 🤣 at but couldn't help it.
Don't want to know but I also want to know these people's thought processes with the more out there stories (wouldn't be surprised if videos of stuff like this ended up on Instagram and Tiktok).
One story about a disturbed coworker of a medical professional was compelling and scary 😨 😳.
Please be kind to your Healthcare workers and first responders! 🙏. I hope the author keeps writing ✍️ these books 📚 :)
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Some of these I shouldn't have laughed 🤭 😂 🤣 at but couldn't help it.
Don't want to know but I also want to know these people's thought processes with the more out there stories (wouldn't be surprised if videos of stuff like this ended up on Instagram and Tiktok).
One story about a disturbed coworker of a medical professional was compelling and scary 😨 😳.
Please be kind to your Healthcare workers and first responders! 🙏. I hope the author keeps writing ✍️ these books 📚 :)
May 18, 2019
Not A HWC
I’ve read all the Kerry Hamm books, and although I’m not in the fields included in them, found that human nature seems the same all over. These are good reads for all of us, as well as being great stress relievers, educators, and general overviews of how not act in life. Long may she write.
I’ve read all the Kerry Hamm books, and although I’m not in the fields included in them, found that human nature seems the same all over. These are good reads for all of us, as well as being great stress relievers, educators, and general overviews of how not act in life. Long may she write.
May 19, 2019
Great
This book is another great collection of medical stories . Kerry Hamm gathers and unpleasantness great stories. They give me many laughed as I wonder how people can do these often stupid things. Thank You Kerry f2f or the laughs.
This book is another great collection of medical stories . Kerry Hamm gathers and unpleasantness great stories. They give me many laughed as I wonder how people can do these often stupid things. Thank You Kerry f2f or the laughs.
January 6, 2023
Thanks, Kerry!
Kerry Hamm is always a good read. If I am down about our world I just read a chapter or two and I feel better. Kerry has a way of thinking/writing that emits sunshine through the pages. Her ways with words just leaps off the page.
I just know that if, for instance, I am reading about a person (young or old) usually male, who we find in a hospital parking lot, traveling on a skateboard at 35 miles per hour, naked, holding three live sparklers, one in each hand and one between his teeth, who inadvertently runs smack dab into the back of a parked police car then destroys the back end lights of said police car, then has to be admitted to the hospital’s ER for neck injuries, two burned hands and a set of severely burned lips that I am reading something by Kerry Hamm.
Enjoy!
Thanks Kerry!
Kerry Hamm is always a good read. If I am down about our world I just read a chapter or two and I feel better. Kerry has a way of thinking/writing that emits sunshine through the pages. Her ways with words just leaps off the page.
I just know that if, for instance, I am reading about a person (young or old) usually male, who we find in a hospital parking lot, traveling on a skateboard at 35 miles per hour, naked, holding three live sparklers, one in each hand and one between his teeth, who inadvertently runs smack dab into the back of a parked police car then destroys the back end lights of said police car, then has to be admitted to the hospital’s ER for neck injuries, two burned hands and a set of severely burned lips that I am reading something by Kerry Hamm.
Enjoy!
Thanks Kerry!
May 23, 2019
I read this to change pace and refresh my brain after having read several books in a row that were very intense. I've read similar episodic books before, but this one, being a relatively unedited collection of memories of medical personnel, EMTs, ER receptionists and others, is very uneven, with some of the entries being quite stupid, I thought, and full of elementary cliches. Others badly need editing, with some descriptions missing so much defining detail that I had to go back and reread them a couple times just to be able to visualize what happened.
At any rate, it certainly is a breezy, easy book to read when you want a break from more intense books.
At any rate, it certainly is a breezy, easy book to read when you want a break from more intense books.
August 20, 2019
Like a visit with a friend
This was the first Kerry Hamm book that I have read, and working in health care for many years past myself, I wasn’t surprised by the stories shared within the pages of this book. It was however, like a visit with a fictitious past coworker, who understands, laughing about old times without seeming insensitive to our patients situations. I will probably visit again, as it was enjoyable, but as far as a reading pleasure, I find that elsewhere.
This was the first Kerry Hamm book that I have read, and working in health care for many years past myself, I wasn’t surprised by the stories shared within the pages of this book. It was however, like a visit with a fictitious past coworker, who understands, laughing about old times without seeming insensitive to our patients situations. I will probably visit again, as it was enjoyable, but as far as a reading pleasure, I find that elsewhere.
did-not-finish
November 5, 2019DNF at 5%
This book just isn't holding my interest at all. Add that to the horrible formatting - there are no chapters, just lots of line breaks between stories - and the fact I just forced myself to finish a crappy medical anthology... And, yeah, I'm just not willing to stick it out on this one. This book isn't my cup of tea, especially when I'm grumpy and not in the mood to deal with formatting issues.
This book just isn't holding my interest at all. Add that to the horrible formatting - there are no chapters, just lots of line breaks between stories - and the fact I just forced myself to finish a crappy medical anthology... And, yeah, I'm just not willing to stick it out on this one. This book isn't my cup of tea, especially when I'm grumpy and not in the mood to deal with formatting issues.
June 7, 2019
Kerry does it again!
I really have enjoyed this volume of reader submitted stories! I have laughed so much during this book. I believe that the one that affected me the most was the person who had experienced work place bullying, because I was psychologically bullied for years when I worked in the ER.
I really have enjoyed this volume of reader submitted stories! I have laughed so much during this book. I believe that the one that affected me the most was the person who had experienced work place bullying, because I was psychologically bullied for years when I worked in the ER.
October 20, 2020
You can't make this stuff up, not in a million years.
Totally funny. A great way to look at the human condition thru someone who's pretty much heard it all and perhaps seen too much as well. I really howled at the "pretty, pretty princess and man baby" story. What a great tale. What a romp.
Totally funny. A great way to look at the human condition thru someone who's pretty much heard it all and perhaps seen too much as well. I really howled at the "pretty, pretty princess and man baby" story. What a great tale. What a romp.
April 30, 2019
Kerry Hamm, always something
Again, great stories and food for thought regarding the healthcare of patients and their particular actions. Good stories that will make you laugh and sometimes cry. Love all of Kerry Hamm books.
Again, great stories and food for thought regarding the healthcare of patients and their particular actions. Good stories that will make you laugh and sometimes cry. Love all of Kerry Hamm books.
June 6, 2019
Always funny
I always enjoy these collections of “special” shifts and patients. They really do happen. Sometimes I wonder how some folks make it through a day on their own.
I digress. It’s a quick read, filled with the stuff we see everyday.
I always enjoy these collections of “special” shifts and patients. They really do happen. Sometimes I wonder how some folks make it through a day on their own.
I digress. It’s a quick read, filled with the stuff we see everyday.
September 29, 2019
Not a professional nurse
As a caregiver for my mom who had Alzheimer's i can really relate to some of your stories but it is also a blessing to care for those who live in confusion as you get to see and hear parts of their life you could have never known otherwise.
As a caregiver for my mom who had Alzheimer's i can really relate to some of your stories but it is also a blessing to care for those who live in confusion as you get to see and hear parts of their life you could have never known otherwise.
October 31, 2019
Awesome
Funny and heartwarming have read a ton of her work all the same but in a going way. Bring on the next one
Funny and heartwarming have read a ton of her work all the same but in a going way. Bring on the next one
December 24, 2019
Fun short stories.
December 30, 2019
Another great book with funny stories. I like to read them before going to bed.
April 25, 2021
This was the first of Kerry Bank's books my husband and I have read and we can't wait to read more. We went through so many emotions and reactions with each clip. I can't wait to read more!
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