A review by knitter22
Trauma Room Two by Philip Allen Green

5.0

I stumbled upon Trauma Room Two in Prime Reading, borrowed it, and found that it was so good I couldn't tear myself away. It's a collection of short stories written by an emergency room physician. Unlike other medical fiction I've read before, these stories are written with enough medical detail to ring true, and enough honesty and emotion to be profound and poignant. "The Crew", a story about the dread that every member of the trauma crew feels while they wait for an ambulance to arrive, fearful that it might involve one of their own sons or daughters, is one of the most compelling and honest stories I've read. Dr. Green is exhausted and possibly burned out, but he writes sensitively about the tragedies he sees on a daily basis, and the last story is a beautifully fitting ending. I simply could not stop thinking about the hospital staff's and patients' stories told in this book.