Photographs and text share real-life stories of how doctors use their quick thinking and special training to help people in emergency situations, describing different types of doctors and their training, and examining the tools and equipment used by doctors.
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Emergency! -- A risky operation -- Becoming a doctor -- Slice on the ice -- Baby doctors -- Desperate choices -- Bare-bones surgery -- A floating hospital -- World responders -- On the battlefield -- Improved methods -- Why be a doctor? -- Doctors' equipment.