04078cam a2200361 4500 233658693 TxAuBib 20140806120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781607886099 160788609X c691584c-2d86-45ed-b882-d967ac5f269d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 267407 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Gupta, Sanjay,. Cheating Death [Libby Audiobook] : The Doctors and Medical Miracles that Are Saving Lives Against All Odds. Hachette Audiobooks, 2009. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 203MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 203MB. HTML:<p>A 12-week old unborn baby with a fatal heart defect--a skier drowned for an hour in a frozen Norwegian lake--a comatose brain surgery victim--a teenager with four rapidly expanding brain tumors. Prognosis?</p> <p>Twenty years ago all would have been left for dead--with little hope for their survival. But incredible new advances in the sciences of human survival have now changed that, and each of these would-be fatalities is not only alive, but leading a healthy, productive life today.</p> <p>In Cheating Death, Dr. Sanjay Gupta chronicles the emerging science behind these medical miracles, made possible by a new breed of doctors who refuse to accept that any life is "lost" and the almost daily scientific breakthroughs in the field.</p> <p>Drawing on the case files in the rapidly evolving science of survival, and his unprecedented access to breaking news in this field from around the globe, Dr. Gupta explains the latest technological developments that are changing our understanding of the human body's own survival capabilities, and our definition of the very boundaries of the beginning and end of human life. Dr. Gupta not only shares these deeply personal stories of triumph, but insights into the remarkable discoveries that are making them possible.</p>. On TV, neurosurgeon and CNN medical reporter Gupta sometimes comes across as so confident that he borders on arrogant. Here he delivers an accessible medical documentary. His broadcaster's speaking style sounds repetitive in this longer format, but it works because his storytelling is superb and the subject, medical emergencies, is compelling. Through riveting cases he shows how "instant death" is really only the initial point in a longer process that can be slowed and reversed with interventions like therapeutic hypothermia and other heroic procedures. Technical terms and philosophizing about life and death are kept to a minimum. What predominates in this seamless production is the upside of Gupta's pervasive confidence--his courageous belief that research and creative effort can save lives, and that he has the chops to create a fascinating audiobook. T.W. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. Health & Fitness. Nonfiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:11. ©2009 Sanjay Gupta, MD. http://nh.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=c691584c-2d86-45ed-b882-d967ac5f269d http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0017-1/267407-CheatingDeath.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0017-1/267407-CheatingDeath.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C691584C-2D86-45ED-B882-D967AC5F269D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0017-1/267407-CheatingDeath.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0017-1/267407-CheatingDeath.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=C691584C-2D86-45ED-B882-D967AC5F269D&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)