Secrets from the Operating Room
My Experiences, Observations, and Reflections as a Surgical Salesman
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God Bless Those Who Save
We all know that with life comes death. It is a stark reality that we do not like to think about or dwell upon. The thought of our own mortality is enough to make us switch gears and think about the weather or if the home team is winning.
I believe in a natural right of passage in this life. That passage involves being born and reared by our parents. They take loving care of as children. As we grow, our parents educate, guide and instruct us. They teach us about life through their experienced eyes. As our parents grow older, there comes a time when the roles reverse. When the children take the role of parents and care for them until their time of eternal rest. That is the way that it should be. Children are supposed to bury their parents. It is not supposed to happen the other way.
Life does not always work the way that it should. There are events that happen that are unthinkable. One of those events is the loss of a child. My beautiful wife and I have 5 children. The thought of losing one of them is more than I could withstand. I do not know how parents muster the courage to face a tragic event of that magnitude.
There is a certain group of parents that justly humble me. They are the group of parents, who in the midst of their suffering and the agony of losing a child, find the strength, courage and love to donate their children’s organs for transplant. They are amazing human beings and should be thanked and praised.
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Every year, one out of every ten people will need to have a surgical procedure. The majority of those needing surgery know nothing about the operating room or surgery. In Secrets from the Operating Room, author Curtis M. Chaudoin provides objective information and strategies to help improve the state and outcome of patient care before, during, and after surgery.
With more than thirty-seven years of experience as an operating room surgical salesman, Chaudoin gained an insider’s understanding of the often secretive world of surgery. In Secrets from the Operating Room, he narrates what it’s like to work as a surgical salesman and provides an overview of the state of health care. He also discusses surgical corporations and their risks and profits, and he presents an overview of hospitals and how things have changed over the years. He details the roles of the surgeons and support staff, shows how to conduct the proper research before having surgery, and offers an understanding of what happens inside the surgery suite.
Secrets from the Operating Room gives you a glimpse into the business of surgery and answers important questions about what you should know if you need an operation to increase your chances of a successful outcome.
About the Author
Curtis M. Chaudoin, a surgical salesman with thirty-seven years of operating room experience, earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Kansas. He and his wife, Karen, have five children and live in St. Louis, Missouri. This is his debut book.