Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital Free Audiobook Download by Sheri Fink

This audiobook is a journalistic account of the events that transpired at the Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The author, Sheri Fink, makes extensive use of first-person narrative to tell the story of what happened at the hospital while she was on her first day reporting on the aftermath of this natural disaster. Ms. Fink gives voice to all those involved in patient care and treatment throughout the story, from doctors to nurses, from paramedics to patients' families.

Five Days at Memorial tells the story of a harrowing period in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Sheri Fink writes a captivating account of her own experience as the only doctor in her hospital, who, along with all other nurses and staff members had evacuated the prior week. The people she left behind were now struggling to survive on their own. Although they are not named, they are represented by real storm survivors who call into Fink's emergency room, most of whom have suffered injuries and some even lost their lives due to the bad conditions that prevail after Katrina passes through.

In the midst of a Category 4 hurricane, Sheri Fink and her team of emergency physicians found themselves trying to save patients in a storm-ravaged Brooklyn hospital. As they desperately worked to keep their patients alive in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, they were confronted with the reality that both life and death are done in hospitals. As a result, this audiobook presents one doctor's perspective on what transpired at Memorial Sloan Kettering during Hurricane Sandy and beyond.

The audiobook of Five Days at Memorial reveals the horrors of what happens when a hurricane batters a hospital. Fink writes about the difficulties and dilemmas facing patients, doctors, nurses and hospital administrators. With an overview of the hospital's history and the clinic's emergency-room process, Fink weaves future events into her narrative, allowing readers to imagine how everything might have gone differently had different decisions been made during Hurricane Katrina.

The book takes place on the night of Memorial Day in New Orleans, when Hurricane Katrina arrives. The patient load and staff at the hospital are already stretched thin, and now they are forced to deal with a catastrophe that could wipe out the entire city. It's a heartbreaking story, but one that is told by someone who is willing to go beyond their own emotions, looking into what happened.

The audiobook tells the stories of five patients, doctors and nurses at Memorial as Hurricane Katrina sweeps through New Orleans. The book focuses on natural disasters and how they affect people who are afflicted with them.