A review by emiged
On Call In Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story by Richard Jadick
3.0
Once again I am incredibly grateful for the men and women who serve in the armed forces and risk their lives in situations unfathomable to the rest of us. Cdr. Jadick's story was extraordinary in the sense that he volunteered for a job most would have done anything to escape. His "out of the box" thinking resulted in the Forward Aid Station, bringing higher level medical care into the middle of the battlefield in order to save more wounded soldiers.
He makes strong arguments for utilizing Forward Aid Stations, even though it puts a "valuable asset" like a doctor at higher risk. He also argues that many medical officers are great on the medicine side, but may be lacking on the military side. To meet this need, he advocates changing the way Navy physicians are recruited, by including those already enlisted in the military who may just need some encouragement and incentives. Throughout the book he talked about what he did to make himself a part of the larger team, getting to know the Marines and the Sailors that he'd be working with and stepping outside the traditional role of a medical officer whenever it would improve communication, increase morale, or show the others that he was "one of them."
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He makes strong arguments for utilizing Forward Aid Stations, even though it puts a "valuable asset" like a doctor at higher risk. He also argues that many medical officers are great on the medicine side, but may be lacking on the military side. To meet this need, he advocates changing the way Navy physicians are recruited, by including those already enlisted in the military who may just need some encouragement and incentives. Throughout the book he talked about what he did to make himself a part of the larger team, getting to know the Marines and the Sailors that he'd be working with and stepping outside the traditional role of a medical officer whenever it would improve communication, increase morale, or show the others that he was "one of them."
For more book reviews, visit my blog, Build Enough Bookshelves.